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Monday, June 9, 2008

Alcohol-attentional bias and motivational structure as independent predictors of social drinkers’ alcohol consumption
Drug and Alcohol Dependence Article in Press, Corrected Proof 27 May 2008


Prior studies aimed at explaining cognitive–motivational reasons for drinking have focused on either cognitive or motivational factors, but not on both.

This study examined the ability of both alcohol-attentional bias and motivational structure to predict alcohol consumption.

Participants were university students (N = 87) who completed a battery of tests, including the Personal Concerns Inventory (a measure of adaptive and maladaptive motivation), an alcohol Stroop test (a measure of alcohol-attentional bias), and an alcohol-use inventory.

Regression, moderation, and mediation analyses showed that (a) maladaptive motivation and alcohol-attentional bias were positive predictors of alcohol consumption after participants’ age, gender, and executive cognitive functioning had been controlled, and (b) maladaptive motivation and alcohol-attentional bias independently predicted alcohol consumption.

The implications of the results for both theory and practice are discussed.


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