Stress increases attentional bias for alcohol cues in social drinkers who drink to cope
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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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In heavy alcohol consumers, a laboratory psychosocial stressor increased attentional bias for alcohol-related cues and enhanced subjective alcohol cravings.
“In heavy alcohol consumers, for example, a laboratory psychosocial stressor increased attentional bias for alcohol-related cues and enhanced subjective alcohol cravings (Field & Powell, 2007).”
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The Discussion (p. 5) reports that a laboratory stressor increased subjective alcohol craving among heavy social drinkers. It also increased attentional bias for alcohol cues, but only among participants who reported drinking to cope as a prominent motive. The citing sentence omits that restriction on the attentional-bias finding. (LLM, conf=0.90)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe effect of psychosocial stress on alcohol attentional bias was specific to those who used alcohol as a coping mechanism.
“Interestingly, the effect was specific to those who used alcohol as a coping mechanism (Field & Powell, 2007).”
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- Authors
- Field, M., & Powell, H.
- Affiliations
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Field, Matt
- ORCID
- Field, Matt
- Venue
- Alcohol and Alcoholism
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2007-08-31
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 560-566
- ISSN
- 0735-0414 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-3502
- OpenAlex
- W2169231405
- Cited by
- 120
- References
- 41
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- FWCI
- 2.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Alcohol and Alcoholism (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Keywords
- stress, alcohol craving, attentional bias, alcohol cues, social drinkers, coping motives, heavy drinking, laboratory stressor, negative reinforcement
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Alcohol Drinking, Alcoholic Beverages, Attention, Cues, Female, Humans, Male, Photic Stimulation, Reaction Time, Stress, Psychological, Behavior, Addictive
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