INFLUENCE OF SETTING ON DRINKING BEHAVIORS - LABORATORY VS THE BARROOM

Relatively few studies have attempted to assess the validity of laboratory analogue procedures by determining the degree to which drinking behaviors observed in a laboratory setting are related to drinking behaviors in a barroom setting. In the present study, subjects' drinking behaviors were monitored in a lab setting and at a local tavern, and the influence of these settings on drinking behaviors were assessed independent of the effects of beverage payment. It was found that the barroom was associated with significant increases in drinking rate and amount consumed, while beverage payment resulted in a significant decrease in sip amount in both settings. © 1979.