University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Addict Behav. 2019 Mar;90:107-111. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.10.035. Epub 2018 Oct 26.
There is an increasing body of evidence that life meaning is inversely related to alcohol consumption. Much of this research is cross-sectional and few studies have examined mechanisms for the inverse relation. The current study investigated whether a brief meaning intervention would lead to reduced incentive salience of alcohol. Seventy undergraduate students who reported regular alcohol consumption were assigned either to control or a meaning condition, which involved thinking about and committing to pursue intrinsically valued goals. The incentive salience of alcohol was operationalized as the extent to which alcohol cues interfered with the correct completion of an alcohol Stroop task. The results indicated that the meaning intervention led to reduced incentive salience as measured by alcohol Stroop errors, but not incentive salience as measured by reaction time. The findings suggest that incentive salience may be one mechanism through which individuals with greater life meaning regulate their drinking behavior.
越来越多的证据表明，生活意义与饮酒量呈负相关。这项研究调查了一个简短的意义干预是否会导致酒精的激励显著性降低。70 名报告有规律饮酒的大学生被分配到对照组或意义组，其中包括思考和承诺追求内在有价值的目标。酒精的激励显著性被定义为酒精线索干扰正确完成酒精斯特鲁普任务的程度。结果表明，意义干预导致了酒精斯特鲁普错误所测量的激励显著性降低，但反应时间所测量的激励显著性没有降低。研究结果表明，激励显著性可能是个体生活意义调节饮酒行为的一种机制。
