Year: 2018
Type: dissertation
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effects of alcohol priming and alcohol-related cues on subsequent alcohol preferences. Researchers assigned randomly 35 university students to 1 of 3 conditions: alcohol delivered in a red disposable plastic cup (AC; alcohol cue; n = 12), alcohol delivered in a cafeteria cup (AN; neutral cue; n = 11), or alcohol placebo (P; n = 12) delivered in a red disposable plastic cup. Participants consumed their assigned beverages, and then completed the Multiple Choice Procedure (MCP), a procedure that allows participants to make discrete choices between a standard alcoholic beverage and increasing amounts of a concurrently available alternative monetary reinforcer. Although the primary analysis revealed conditions (AC, AN, P) did not differ significantly with respect to MCP crossover point (p > .05), a hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed a model with alcohol estimation entered at step 1, condition entered at step 2, and conditionXalcohol estimation entered at step 3 explained 30.5% of the variance in MCP crossover point (p = .05). Findings suggest that substance-related cues may be important for understanding alcohol preferences.
Author: Kathleen Ryan Owens
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2941119803