@article{ref1,
title="Interoceptive awareness, tension reduction expectancies and self-reported drinking behavior",
journal="Alcohol and alcoholism",
year="2013",
author="Schmidt, Alexander F. and Eulenbruch, Tim and Langer, Clara and Banger, Markus",
volume="48",
number="4",
pages="472-477",
abstract="Aims: Recent accounts have suggested the involvement of interoceptive processes in consumption behavior for alcohol and other drugs. However, there is a paucity of empirical support for a direct association with physiologically assessed individual differences in interoceptive awareness (IA). The current research explored this postulated link and examined the interplay with positive outcome expectancies of alcohol consumption. METHOD: IA of alcohol-dependent adult in- and outpatients was measured with an objective electrocardiogram heart rate tracking task. Tension reduction expectancies (TRE) and drinking compulsions/obsessions were assessed with self-report questionnaires. RESULTS: No direct associations of IA with drinking compulsions/obsessions were found. However, IA and TRE interacted as predictors of drinking compulsions and drinking obsessions. CONCLUSION: The results corroborate the suggestion that neglect of bodily feedback might be a maintaining factor for drinking behavior.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0735-0414",
doi="10.1093/alcalc/agt024",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agt024"
}