Attentional biases in abstinent alcoholics and their association with craving

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-80

  Field, Matt ^a   Mogg, Karin ^b   Mann, Baljit ^b   Bennett, Gerald A ^c   Bradley, Brendan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c DORSET HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alcohol; attentional bias; craving; Stroop; treatment dropout; visual probe task

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STROOP TEST; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLICS; ALCOHOLISM; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84880560958     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029626     Document Type: Article

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