@article{ref1,
title="Cognitive-motivational predictors of excessive drinkers' success in changing",
journal="Psychopharmacology",
year="2007",
author="Cox, W. Miles and Pothos, Emmanuel M. and Hosier, Steven G.",
volume="192",
number="4",
pages="499-510",
abstract="AIMS: The purpose of this study was to identify cognitive (alcohol attentional bias, AAB) and motivational (motivational structure, MS; readiness to change, RTC) predictors of changes in excessive drinking. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred fifty-eight excessive drinkers not in treatment were administered a test battery and were re-tested 3 and 6 months later. The tests included the alcohol timeline followback, readiness to change questionnaire, alcohol Stroop (to measure AAB), personal concerns inventory (to measure MS), and a measure of family history of alcohol problems (FHAP). RESULTS: High RTC predicted short-term but not long-term reductions in drinking; both low AAB and high FHAP predicted long-term reductions. MS interacted with both AAB and RTC so that the greatest long-term drinking reductions occurred among participants with adaptive MS and low AAB and among those with adaptive MS and high RTC. CONCLUSION: It was concluded that (a) both cognitive and motivational factors affect the likelihood of drinking reductions and (b) a complete understanding of drinking problems should be formulated in terms of both cognitive and motivational variables.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0033-3158",
doi="10.1007/s00213-007-0736-9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-007-0736-9"
}