TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - Cognitive moderators of alcohol's effects on anxiety
JO  - Behaviour research and therapy
A1  - Sayette, M. A.
A1  - Wilson, G. T.
A1  - Carpenter, J. A.
SP  - 685
EP  - 690
VL  - 27
IS  - 6
N2  - The present study was designed to test the prediction from the attention-allocation model that intoxication in the absence of a pleasant distractor will fail to produce anxiolytic effects. A second prediction, that the sequence of intoxication and exposure to the anxiety-producing situation would influence alcohol's effects, was also tested. Subjects were male social drinkers who received an 0.85 g/kg dose of alcohol or a placebo. Conventional statistical analysis of the results indicated an anxiolytic effect of alcohol on heart rate but a problem with this analysis is identified. An alternative interpretation provides no support for an anxiolytic effect. Exposure to the anxiety-producing stimulus prior to intoxication led to greater heart rate reactivity than if it followed intoxication.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0005-7967
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -