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A General Method for Evaluating Incubation of Sucrose Craving in Rats
Published on: November 4, 2011
A multi-dimensional analysis of cue-elicited craving in heavy smokers and tobacco chippers
M A Sayette1, C S Martin, J M Wertz
1Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. sayette+@pitt.edu
Aims:
This research examined the performance of a broad range of measures posited to relate to smoking craving.
Design:
Heavy smokers and tobacco chippers, who were either deprived of smoking or not for 7 hours, were exposed to both smoking (a lit cigarette) and control cues.
Participants:
Smokers not currently interested in trying to quit smoking (n = 127) were recruited. Heavy smokers (n = 67) averaged smoking at least 21 cigarettes/day and tobacco chippers (n = 60) averaged 1-5 cigarettes on at least 2 days/week.
Measurements:
Measures included urge rating scales and magnitude estimations, a rating of affective valence, a behavioral choice task that assessed perceived reinforcement value of smoking, several smoking-related judgement tasks and a measure of cognitive resource allocation.
Findings:
Results indicated that both deprivation state and smoker type tended to affect responses across these measurement domains.
Conclusions:
Findings support the use of several novel measures of craving-related processes in smokers.
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