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I didn't feel like drinking but I don't know why: the effects of evaluative conditioning on alcohol-related attitudes, craving and behavior

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Houben, Katrijn, Schoenmakers, Tim M., Wiers, Reinout W.·2010·Addictive Behaviors

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The goal of the present research was to test the value of evaluative conditioning (EC) to unobtrusively change alcohol-related attitudes and drinking behavior. In the EC paradigm, participants had to spot an irrelevant target picture in a series of trials in which many different stimuli were presented. In the experimental condition, beer-related pictures (CSs) were consistently paired with negative words and pictures (USs) in a number of trials. In the control condition, participants were exposed to the same stimuli, but without the critical alcohol-negative pairings. After the EC task, participants participated in an allegedly second experiment in which we measured beer-related attitudes, craving for beer, and actual drinking behavior both during a bogus taste test and during the week following the experiment. Compared to participants in the control condition, participants in the experimental condition showed more negative attitudes toward beer, experienced less craving for beer, and consumed less beer both in the lab during the taste test and outside the lab during the week following the manipulation. These findings suggest that unhealthy drinking behavior may be targeted through EC procedures.

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Authors
Houben, K., Schoenmakers, T. M., & Wiers, R. W.
Affiliations
  • Maastricht University (NL)
  • IVO Addiction Research Institute (NL)
  • University of Amsterdam (NL)
Corresponding author
Houben, Katrijn
Venue
Addictive Behaviors
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-12
Volume
35
Issue
12
Pages
1161-1163
ISSN
0306-4603 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2160221013
Cited by
184
References
20
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FWCI
4.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Addictive Behaviors (publishedVersion)
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  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion)
  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Stichting voor de Technische Wetenschappen
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
evaluative conditioning, attitudes toward alcohol, alcohol craving, drinking behavior, beer, negative association, alcohol consumption reduction, taste testing
MeSH terms
Alcohol Drinking, Attitude to Health, Avoidance Learning, Conditioning, Psychological, Cues, Humans, Internal-External Control, Male, Students, Health Behavior

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