OBJECTIVE The prevalence of research conducted online in the addiction field has increased rapidly over the past decade. However, little focus has been given to careless responding in these online studies, despite the issues it may cause for statistical inference and generalizability. Our aim was to examine whether alcohol use is associated with careless responses. METHOD Raw data were requested from online studies examining alcohol use and related problems which also addressed careless responding. We obtained 13 data sets of 12,237 participants (Mage = 42.16, SD = 15.65, 50.5% female). The sample had an average Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) score of 10.88 (SD = 7.77). Predictors included demographic information (age, gender) and AUDIT total scores. The primary outcome was whether an individual was classed as a careless responder, for example, by failing an explicit attention check question. RESULTS AUDIT total scores were associated with careless responding (OR = 1.07, 95% CI [1.06, 1.08], p < .001). Hazardous drinking or worse was associated with 2.21 greater odds (OR = 2.21, 95% CI [1.81, 2.71] of careless responding, whereas harmful drinking or worse was associated with 3.43 greater odds (OR = 3.43, 95% CI [2.83, 4.17]) and probable dependence was associated with 3.63 greater odds (OR = 3.63, 95% CI [2.95, 4.48]). CONCLUSIONS Alcohol use and related problems are positively associated with careless responding in online research. Removal of individuals identified as careless responders may lead to issues of generalizability, and more care should be taken to identify and handle careless responder data. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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在线研究中粗心的回应与饮酒有关：一项大型分析。

目标 在过去十年中，成瘾领域在线研究的流行度迅速增加。然而，在这些在线研究中，很少有人关注粗心的回应，尽管它可能会导致统计推断和普遍性问题。我们的目的是检查饮酒是否与粗心反应有关。方法 原始数据来自检查酒精使用和相关问题的在线研究，这些研究也解决了粗心的反应问题。我们获得了 12,237 名参与者的 13 个数据集（Mage = 42.16，SD = 15.65，50.5% 为女性）。该样本的平均酒精使用障碍识别测试 (AUDIT) 得分为 10.88 (SD = 7.77)。预测因素包括人口统计信息（年龄、性别）和 AUDIT 总分。主要结果是一个人是否被归类为粗心的回答者，例如，未通过明确的注意力检查问题。结果 审核总分与粗心响应相关（OR = 1.07, 95% CI [1.06, 1.08]，p < .001）。危险饮酒或更糟与 2.21 更大的几率相关（OR = 2.21, 95% CI [1.81, 2.71] 粗心反应，而有害饮酒或更糟与 3.43 更大几率相关（OR = 3.43, 95% CI [2.83, 4.17] ]) 和可能的依赖性与 3.63 更高的几率相关（OR = 3.63, 95% CI [2.95, 4.48]）。结论 酒精使用和相关问题与在线研究中的粗心响应正相关。移除被确定为粗心响应者的个体可能导致普遍性问题，并且应该更加小心地识别和处理粗心的响应者数据。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。