Stress increases attentional bias for alcohol cues in social drinkers who drink to cope.
Alcohol Alcohol
; 42(6): 560-6, 2007.
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ABSTRACT
AIMS:
To investigate the effects of stress on alcohol craving and attentional bias for alcohol-related cues in a group of heavy social drinkers.METHOD:
Forty-four heavy social drinkers were exposed to either a laboratory stressor task or a control manipulation before completing a questionnaire measure of alcohol craving and a visual probe task which measured attentional bias for alcohol-related cues. Participants were subdivided into those with high and low levels of coping motives for drinking.RESULTS:
Compared to a control manipulation, the laboratory stressor task produced increases in alcohol craving (P < 0.01). The laboratory stressor task also produced a significant attentional bias for alcohol-related cues, but only among participants who had high levels of coping motives (P < 0.05).CONCLUSIONS:
Findings are broadly consistent with contemporary negative reinforcement models of substance abuse, and with models of subjective craving and attentional biases for substance-related cues.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Atenção
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Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas
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Adaptação Psicológica
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Sinais (Psicologia)
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article