Cappelli Christopher, Ames Susan, Shono Yusuke, Dust Mark, Stacy Alan
a School of Community and Global Health , Claremont Graduate University , Claremont , CA , USA.
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2017 Sep;43(5):534-544. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2016.1216557. Epub 2016 Sep 13.
This study used a dual-process model of cognition in order to investigate the possible influence of automatic and deliberative processes on lifetime alcohol use in a sample of drug offenders.
The objective was to determine if automatic/implicit associations in memory can exert an influence over an individual's alcohol use and if decision-making ability could potentially modify the influence of these associations.
168 participants completed a battery of cognitive tests measuring implicit alcohol associations in memory (verb generation) as well as their affective decision-making ability (Iowa Gambling Task). Structural equation modeling procedures were used to test the relationship between implicit associations, decision-making, and lifetime alcohol use.
Results revealed that among participants with lower levels of decision-making, implicit alcohol associations more strongly predicted higher lifetime alcohol use.
These findings provide further support for the interaction between a specific decision function and its influence over automatic processes in regulating alcohol use behavior in a risky population. Understanding the interaction between automatic associations and decision processes may aid in developing more effective intervention components.
本研究采用认知双加工模型，以调查自动加工和深思熟虑加工对一组吸毒罪犯终生饮酒行为可能产生的影响。
确定记忆中的自动/内隐联想是否会对个体的饮酒行为产生影响，以及决策能力是否可能改变这些联想的影响。
168名参与者完成了一系列认知测试，测量记忆中的内隐酒精联想（动词生成）及其情感决策能力（爱荷华赌博任务）。采用结构方程建模程序来检验内隐联想、决策和终生饮酒之间的关系。
结果显示，在决策水平较低的参与者中，内隐酒精联想更能有力地预测更高的终生饮酒量。
这些发现进一步支持了特定决策功能及其对自动加工过程的影响在调节高危人群饮酒行为中的相互作用。理解自动联想与决策过程之间的相互作用可能有助于开发更有效的干预措施。
