@article{ref1,
title="Distractibility moderates the relation between automatic alcohol motivation and drinking behavior",
journal="Psychology of addictive behaviors",
year="2010",
author="Farris, Suzan R. and Ostafin, Brian D. and Palfai, Tibor P.",
volume="24",
number="1",
pages="151-156",
abstract="Research suggests that alcohol use is influenced by (a) the strength of automatic motivational responses to alcohol cues and (b) individual differences in self-control. The current study was designed to examine whether the self-control skill of inhibiting response to distracting stimuli would moderate the relation between automatic alcohol motivation and alcohol use. Eighty-seven hazardous drinkers completed baseline measures of automatic alcohol motivation and trait self-control and reported their drinking at a follow-up session 6 weeks later. Regression analyses demonstrated an interaction such that greater distractibility strengthens a positive relation between alcohol use and automatic alcohol motivation. These results contribute to a growing body of work indicating that self-control resources may help to inhibit the influence of automatic processes on alcohol behavior.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0893-164X",
doi="10.1037/a0018294",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0018294"
}