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An online daily diary study of alcohol use using A mazon's M echanical T urk
Author(s) -
Boynton Marcella H.,
Richman Laura Smart
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1111/dar.12163
Subject(s) - food science , allyl alcohol , alcohol , chemistry , biochemistry , catalysis
and Aims In recent years, unprecedented levels of Internet access and the widespread growth of emergent communication technologies have resulted in significantly greater population access for substance use researchers. Despite the research potential of such technologies, the use of the Internet to recruit individuals for participation in event‐level research has been limited. The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief account of the methods and results from an online daily diary study of alcohol use. Design and Methods Participants were recruited using A mazon's M echanical T urk. Eligible participants completed a brief screener assessing demographics and health behaviours, with a subset of individuals subsequently recruited to participate in a 2 week daily diary study of alcohol use. Results Multilevel models of the daily alcohol data derived from the M echanical T urk sample ( n = 369) replicated several findings commonly reported in daily diary studies of alcohol use. Discussion and Conclusions Results demonstrate that online participant recruitment and survey administration can be a fruitful method for conducting daily diary alcohol research. [Boynton MH, Richman LS. An online daily diary study of alcohol use using A mazon's M echanical T urk. Drug Alcohol Rev 2014;33:456–461]