URGE COPING AND ALCOHOL-RELATED INFORMATION PROCESSING

申请者摘要：物质使用和滥用的最新认知模型 已经引起了人们对饮酒行为可能是 受多种认知系统的影响。这些模型表明 有意识地意识到冲动或想法的过程 饮酒可能会与其他认知功能相互作用，但独立于其他认知功能运作 作为饮酒行为基础的过程。本提案通过 这种认知加工的方法来考察如何控制努力 对酒精暗示的反应可能会影响饮酒行为 与酒精相关的伤害风险(危险饮酒者)。冲动和思绪 关于饮酒的问题对那些人来说往往是相当困难的 试图控制他们的酒精使用。因此，认知-行为 干预和治疗方案通常包括技能培训，以 帮助个人管理他们对饮酒诱因的主观反应或 暗示。尽管催促应对技能被广泛使用，但鲜为人知 关于这些策略可能有效的机制 减少危险饮酒或最危险的饮酒条件 用于减少危险饮酒或他们可能在什么情况下 非常有用。该项目旨在研究控制冲动的努力如何 饮酒影响酒精相关信息的加工 危险饮酒者。这项研究的结果将有助于我们的 认知控制策略对危险因素影响的理解 饮酒行为，并提供有关下列情况的资料 认知策略可能是控制反应的最有效方法 酒精暗示。认知自我调节策略的命题 对并发和后续处理具有明显的影响 不同类型的酒精相关信息有相当大的 对理解自我引导的改变尝试和 构建更有效的干预措施。这个奖项的第一个建议是 旨在通过以下方式为研究这些问题提供第一步 冲动控制策略对后续行为影响的研究 饮酒行为与酒精相关认知。

APPLICANT'S ABSTRACT: Recent cognitive models of substance use and abuse have drawn greater attention to the view that drinking behavior may be influenced by multiple cognitive systems. These models suggest that processes that underlie conscious awareness of urges or thoughts about drinking may interact with, but operate independently of, other cognitive processes that underlie drinking behavior. The present proposal adopts this cognitive processing approach to investigate how efforts to control response to alcohol cues may influence drinking behavior among those at risk for alcohol related harm (hazardous drinkers). Urges and thoughts about drinking are often a source of considerable difficulty for those attempting to control their alcohol use. Consequently cognitive-behavioral interventions and treatment programs typically involve skill-training to help individuals manage their subjective responses to drinking triggers or cues. Despite the broad use of urge coping skills, there is little known about the mechanisms by which these strategies may be effective for reducing hazardous drinking or the conditions under which they may be most for reducing hazardous drinking or the conditions under which they may be most useful. This project seeks to examine how efforts to control urges to drink affects the processing of alcohol-related information among hazardous drinkers. Results of this study will contribute to our understanding of the effects of cognitive control strategies on hazardous drinking behavior and provide information on the conditions under which cognitive strategies may be most effective in controlling response to alcohol cues. The proposition that cognitive-self regulation strategies have distinct effects on the concurrent and subsequent processing of different types of alcohol-related information has considerable implications for understanding self-guided attempts to change and for constructing more effective interventions. This FIRST award proposal is designed to provide a first step in studying these issues through examination of the effects of urge control strategies on subsequent drinking behavior and alcohol-related cognition.