Automatic processes in at-risk adolescents: the role of alcohol-approach tendencies and response inhibition in drinking behavior
Automatic processes in at-risk adolescents: the role of alcohol-approach tendencies and response inhibition in drinking behavior
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03948.x
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发表时间:
2012-11-01
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6
通讯作者:
Vollebergh, Wilma A. M.
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作者:
Peeters, Margot;Wiers, Reinout W.;Vollebergh, Wilma A. M.
Aims This study examined the association between automatic processes and drinking behavior in relation to individual differences in response inhibition in young adolescents who had just started drinking. It was hypothesized that strong automatic behavioral tendencies toward alcohol-related stimuli (alcohol-approach bias) were associated with higher levels of alcohol use, especially amongst adolescents with relatively weak inhibition skills. Design To test this hypothesis structural equation analyses (standard error of mean) were performed using a zero inflated Poisson (ZIP) model. A well-known problem in studying risk behavior is the low incidence rate resulting in a zero dominated distribution. A ZIP-model accounts for non-normality of the data. Setting Adolescents were selected from secondary Special Education schools (a risk group for the development of substance use problems). Participants Participants were 374 adolescents (mean age of M?=?13.6 years). Measurements Adolescents completed the alcohol Approach Avoidance Task (a-AAT), the Stroop Colour Naming Task (Stroop) and a questionnaire that assessed alcohol use. Findings The ZIP-model established stronger alcohol-approach tendencies for adolescent drinkers (P?