Impact of positive and anxious mood on implicit alcohol-related cognitions in internally motivated undergraduate drinkers.
We explored the impact of musically induced positive and anxious mood on the implicit alcohol-related cognitions of 48 undergraduate students who drink either to enhance positive mood states (EM) or to cope with anxiety (CM-anxiety). Participants completed a post-mood induction computerized alcohol Stroop task that taps implicit alcohol-related cognitions. As hypothesized, CM-anxiety participants in the anxious (but not those in the positive) mood condition showed longer colour-naming latencies for alcohol (vs. non-alcohol) targets (i.e., an attentional bias toward alcohol-related stimuli). Also conforming to expectation was the finding that EM participants in the positive (but not those in the anxious) mood condition displayed longer colour-naming latencies for (i.e., an attentional bias toward) alcohol (vs. non-alcohol) target words.
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Valerie V
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Department of Psychology, Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. valerie.grant@dal.ca
Stewart
Sherry H
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Birch
Cheryl D
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D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003071:Cognition; D003463:Cues; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D009146:Music; D011581:Psychological Tests; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012718:Set, Psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires