Caselli Gabriele, Manfredi Chiara, Ferraris Annalisa, Vinciullo Francesca, Spada Marcantonio M
Studi Cognitivi, Milano, Italy.
Sigmund Freud University, Milano, Italy.
Addict Behav Rep. 2015 Mar 27;1:2-6. doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2015.03.003. eCollection 2015 Jun.
The construct of craving has been shown to play a crucial role in the development and maintenance of addictive behaviors. Both novelty seeking and desire thinking have been identified, respectively, as important temperamental and cognitive predictors of craving.
In the present study we aimed to explore the relative contribution of novelty seeking and desire thinking towards craving, hypothesizing a sequence of multiple mediating relationships starting from novelty seeking and moving onto imaginal prefiguration, verbal perseveration and craving in serial fashion.
A convenience sample of 270 individuals completed measures assessing novelty seeking, desire thinking, and craving relating to a chosen activity.
Findings showed that, controlling for age and gender, desire thinking components predicted craving over and above novelty seeking. The indirect effect from novelty seeking to craving, via desire thinking components, was significant thus supporting a multiple-mediational sequence. Finally, the relationship between imaginal prefiguration and craving was found to be partially mediated by verbal perseveration.
The findings provide support for the conceptualization of desire thinking as an independent construct in predicting craving over and above novelty seeking.
渴望这一概念已被证明在成瘾行为的发展和维持中起着关键作用。寻求新奇和欲望思维分别被确定为渴望的重要气质性和认知性预测因素。
在本研究中，我们旨在探讨寻求新奇和欲望思维对渴望的相对贡献，假设存在一系列多重中介关系，从寻求新奇开始，依次经过想象预演、言语执着，最后到渴望。
选取270名个体作为便利样本，完成评估与所选活动相关的寻求新奇、欲望思维和渴望的测量。
研究结果表明，在控制年龄和性别后，欲望思维成分比寻求新奇更能预测渴望。通过欲望思维成分，从寻求新奇到渴望的间接效应显著，从而支持了多重中介序列。最后，发现想象预演与渴望之间的关系部分由言语执着介导。
研究结果支持将欲望思维概念化为一种独立的结构，在预测渴望方面，它比寻求新奇更具优势。
