Alcohol Cognitive Bias Modification training for problem drinkers over the web
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Following successful outcomes of cognitive bias modification (CBM) programs for alcoholism in clinical and community samples, the present study investigated whether different varieties of CBM (attention control training and approach-bias re-training) could be delivered successfully in a fully automated web-based way and whether these interventions would help self-selected problem drinkers to reduce their drinking. Participants were recruited through online advertising, which resulted in 697 interested participants, of whom 615 were screened in. Of the 314 who initiated training, 136 completed a pretest, four sessions of computerized training and a posttest. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four experimental conditions (attention control or one of three varieties of approach-bias re-training) or a sham-training control condition. The general pattern of findings was that participants in all conditions (including participants in the control-training condition) reduced their drinking. It is suggested that integrating CBM with online cognitive and motivational interventions could improve results.
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ApBM is most likely to be effective when delivered alongside standard treatments, rather than as a stand-alone intervention.
“the technique is most likely to be effective when delivered alongside standard treatments, rather than as a stand-alone intervention (Wiers et al., 2015).”
From Acceptability and Co-Development of an Online Cognitive Bias Modification Intervention for Emerging Adults With Hazardous Alcohol Use and Social Anxiety: A Mixed Methods Study (2020) · cites this paper as Wiers et al., 2015
The Discussion (page not provided) suggests that differences between active and control training may appear only when training supplements CBT or motivational enhancement therapy. It presents this as a possible explanation, not an established finding that ApBM is most likely to work alongside standard treatment; this study did not directly compare adjunctive and stand-alone delivery. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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- Authors
- Wiers, R. W., Houben, K., Fadardi, J. S., van Beek, P., Rhemtulla, M., & Cox, W. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Bangor University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Wiers, Reinout W.
- Venue
- Addictive Behaviors
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-01
- Volume
- 40
- Pages
- 21-26
- ISSN
- 0306-4603 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2110861029
- Cited by
- 148
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 3
- FWCI
- 10.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Addictive Behaviors (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Rivm (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) (submittedVersion)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (453‐08‐001, VICI 453-08-001)
- Economic and Social Research Council (RES-000-23-1269, RES-000-22-0314, RES-000-)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Keywords
- cognitive bias modification, alcohol consumption, problem drinkers, online intervention, computer-based training, online recruitment, alcohol consumption reduction, motivational interventions
- MeSH terms
- Alcohol Drinking, Alcoholism, Attention, Cognition, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Motivation, Therapy, Computer-Assisted, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Internet
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