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Emotional reactions to alcohol-related words: Differences between low- and high-risk drinkers
Carlos Gantiva1, Rafael Delgado2, Tania Romo-González3
1University of San Buenaventura, Bogotá, Colombia.
Introduction:
Research that has examined responses to alcohol-related words in drinkers has mostly linked such responses to memory, attentional, and perceptual bias. However, studies of emotional processing in alcoholics have not received much attention. The main goal of the present study was to identify the features and differences of emotional responses to alcohol-related words in low- and high-risk drinkers.
Method:
A total of 149 low-risk drinkers and 125 high-risk drinkers evaluated five alcohol-related words and 15 words from the Affective Norms for English Words in the dimensions of valence, arousal, and dominance using the Self-Assessment Manikin.
Results:
The results indicated that high-risk drinkers evaluated alcohol-related words as more appetitive and arousing.
Conclusion:
These results, together with findings in the attention and memory research literature, suggest that alcohol-related words can serve as conditioned cues in alcohol consumption.
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