Publication year
2012Number of pages
17 p.
Source
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42, 3, (2012), pp. 776-792ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor
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SW OZ BSI OGG
SW OW PWO [owi]
Journal title
Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Volume
vol. 42
Issue
iss. 3
Languages used
English (eng)
Page start
p. 776
Page end
p. 792
Subject
Developmental PsychopathologyAbstract
Attentional bias for alcohol cues increases craving and subsequent alcohol consumption. Override processes can be used to disengage attention from alcohol cues. This requires self-control and implies that depletion of self-control would impair the ability to disengage attention from alcohol cues. This study examined the effect of self-control on attentional bias among male heavy drinkers. To manipulate self-control resources, an expression control task was used. Attentional bias was measured with a visual probe task. The Obsessive Compulsive Drinking Scale (OCDS; Anton, Moak, & Latham, 1996) assessed the urge to drink and persistent thoughts about alcohol. The results suggest that participants who scored relatively high on the OCDS showed more attentional bias after controlled emotional expression, compared to free emotional expression.
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