Faculty of Education, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, People's Republic of China.
School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China.
Subst Use Misuse. 2024;59(8):1256-1260. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2024.2340968. Epub 2024 Apr 10.
Many studies have found that smokers' attentional bias toward cigarette-related cues and cognitive control impairment significantly impacts their cigarette use. However, there is limited research on how the interaction between attentional bias and cognitive control may modulate smokers' cigarette-seeking behavior. This study used a cigarette Stroop task to examine whether smokers with different attentional control ability had different levels of attentional bias toward cigarette-related cues. A total of 130 male smokers completed the Flanker task to measure their attentional control ability. The attentional control scores of all participants were ranked from low to high, with the top 27% placed in the high attentional control group and the bottom 27% in the low attentional control group. Subsequently, both groups completed the cigarette Stroop task to measure their attentional bias toward cigarette-related cues. Smokers with low attentional control responded more slowly to cigarette-related cues than to neutral cues, while smokers with high attentional control showed no significant difference in their response time to either condition. Attentional control ability can regulate smokers' attentional bias toward cigarette-related cues. Smokers with low attentional control ability are more likely to have attentional bias toward cigarette-related cues, offering insights for targeted prevention of cigarette addiction.
许多研究发现，吸烟者对与香烟相关的线索的注意力偏向和认知控制受损，会显著影响他们吸烟的行为。然而，关于注意力偏向和认知控制之间的相互作用如何调节吸烟者的香烟寻求行为的研究还很有限。本研究使用香烟 Stroop 任务来检验注意力控制能力不同的吸烟者对与香烟相关的线索是否有不同程度的注意力偏向。共有 130 名男性吸烟者完成了 Flanker 任务，以衡量他们的注意力控制能力。所有参与者的注意力控制得分从低到高进行排名，前 27%的人被归入高注意力控制组，后 27%的人归入低注意力控制组。随后，两组都完成了香烟 Stroop 任务，以衡量他们对与香烟相关的线索的注意力偏向。注意力控制能力较低的吸烟者对与香烟相关的线索的反应速度比中性线索慢，而注意力控制能力较高的吸烟者在两种情况下的反应时间没有显著差异。注意力控制能力可以调节吸烟者对与香烟相关的线索的注意力偏向。注意力控制能力较低的吸烟者更容易对与香烟相关的线索产生注意力偏向，为有针对性地预防香烟成瘾提供了新的见解。
