@article{ref1,
title="Desire thinking as a predictor of craving and binge drinking: a longitudinal study",
journal="Addictive behaviors",
year="2016",
author="Martino, Francesca and Caselli, Gabriele and Felicetti, Federica and Rampioni, Margherita and Romanelli, Pierluigi and Troiani, Lorena and Sandra, Sassaroli and Albery, Ian P. and Spada, Marcantonio M.",
volume="64",
number="",
pages="118-122",
abstract="Desire thinking is a conscious and voluntary cognitive process orienting to prefigure images, information and memories about positive target-related experience. Desire thinking has been found to be associated with both craving and alcohol use in clinical and non-clinical populations, however its role in predicting craving and problematic drinking patterns has never been investigated using a longitudinal design. The central aim of the present study was to explore the role of desire thinking at Time 2 (3months post-baseline) in predicting craving and binge drinking and Time 3 (6months post-baseline), controlling for levels of both these constructs and Time 1 (baseline). One hundred and thirty three non-hazardous drinkers were assessed on craving and binge drinking at Times 1 and 3, and on desire thinking at Time 2. <br><br>FINDINGS showed that desire thinking at Time 2 predicted craving and binge drinking at Time 3, controlling for craving and binge drinking at Time 1. Furthermore, the imaginal prefiguration component of desire thinking at Time 2 was found to mediate the relationship between craving at Times 1 and 3; conversely the verbal perseveration component of desire thinking at Time 2 was found to mediate the relationship between binge drinking at Times 1 and 3. The implications of these findings are discussed.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-4603",
doi="10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.08.046",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.08.046"
}