Department of Psychology, London South Bank University, London, UK.
Eur Addict Res. 2013;19(6):299-302. doi: 10.1159/000348426. Epub 2013 Apr 30.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Research has provided evidence for an association between attentional biases for substance-related stimuli and the development and maintenance of a variety of addictive behaviours. Attempts at reducing attentional bias amongst harmful and dependent drinkers have provided evidence to suggest that reduced attentional bias in heavy drinkers would lead to necessary reductions in alcohol intake. We tested one aspect of this assumption by measuring attentional bias amongst non-drinkers who, if the link between attentional bias and actual drug use is causal, should demonstrate no attentional bias for alcohol-related stimuli.
An alcohol Stroop task was administered to belief-based abstainers, non-belief based abstainers and light social drinkers to measure attentional biases for alcohol-related words compared to neutral words.
Belief-based abstainers demonstrated significant attentional bias for alcohol-related stimuli, whilst non-belief based abstainers and light social drinkers did not.
Attentional biases towards alcohol-related stimuli are not specific to harmful and problem drinkers, which has implications for interventions based on attentional bias change.
背景/目的：研究为物质相关刺激的注意力偏见与各种成瘾行为的发展和维持之间的关联提供了证据。尝试减少有害和依赖饮酒者的注意力偏见提供了证据表明，减少重度饮酒者的注意力偏见将导致酒精摄入量的必要减少。我们通过测量非饮酒者的注意力偏见来检验这一假设的一个方面，如果注意力偏见与实际药物使用之间存在因果关系，那么非饮酒者应该对酒精相关刺激没有注意力偏见。
对基于信念的戒酒者、非基于信念的戒酒者和轻度社交饮酒者进行酒精斯特鲁普任务，以测量对酒精相关词汇与中性词汇的注意力偏见。
基于信念的戒酒者对酒精相关刺激表现出显著的注意力偏见，而非基于信念的戒酒者和轻度社交饮酒者则没有。
对酒精相关刺激的注意力偏见不仅局限于有害和问题饮酒者，这对基于注意力偏见改变的干预措施具有影响。
