TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Distractibility moderates the relation between automatic alcohol motivation and drinking behavior
JO  - Psychology of addictive behaviors
A1  - Farris, Suzan R.
A1  - Ostafin, Brian D.
A1  - Palfai, Tibor P.
SP  - 151
EP  - 156
VL  - 24
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0893-164X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0018294
ID  - ref1
ER  -