Mood & alcohol-related attentional biases: New considerations for gender differences and reliability of the visual-probe task.
Introduction Alcohol-related attentional biases are positively associated with drinking history and may represent a mechanism by which alcohol use behavior is maintained over time. This study was designed to address two unresolved issues regarding alcohol-related attention biases. Specifically, this...
| Publicado en: | Addictive Behaviors Vol. 50; pp. 1 - 6 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=108504983&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 108504983 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 03064603 3A4 jtl: Addictive Behaviors issn: 03064603 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov2015 vid: 50 pid: 2410 pub: Elsevier B.V. artinfo: ui: 108504983 10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.06.007 ppf: 1 ppct: 5 formats: tig: atl: Mood & alcohol-related attentional biases: New considerations for gender differences and reliability of the visual-probe task. aug: au: Emery, Noah N. Simons, Jeffrey S. affil: Department of Psychology, The University of South Dakota, United States su: Gender differences (Psychology) Alcohol drinking Alcohol-induced disorders Attentional bias Visual perception Task analysis Diagnosis sug: subj: Gender differences (Psychology) Alcohol drinking Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) Alcohol-induced disorders Attentional bias Visual perception Task analysis Diagnosis keyword: Affect Alcohol-related attentional bias Drinking motives Gender differences Reliability Visual-probe task Affect Alcohol-related attentional bias Drinking motives Gender differences Reliability Visual-probe task ab: Introduction Alcohol-related attentional biases are positively associated with drinking history and may represent a mechanism by which alcohol use behavior is maintained over time. This study was designed to address two unresolved issues regarding alcohol-related attention biases. Specifically, this study tested whether acute changes in positive and negative mood increase attentional biases toward alcohol cues and whether coping and enhancement drinking motives moderate these effects. Methods Participants were 100 college students aged 18–25, who drank alcohol at least once in the last 90 days. In a 2 × 3 mixed design, participants were randomized to one of three mood conditions (neutral, negative, or positive) and completed visual-probe tasks pre- and post-mood-induction. Results Attentional biases toward alcohol cues were significantly associated with alcohol consumption among men, but not women. Although the mood manipulation was highly successful, attentional biases did not vary as a function of mood condition and hypothesized moderating effects of drinking motives were not significant. Conclusions The largely null findings of the experiment are discussed in light of the fact that the visual probe task had poor reliability. Issues related to the reliability of visual-probe task are discussed, as more research is needed to evaluate and improve the psychometrics of this method. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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