现在别看了看! 根据酒精消费水平的防御性处理和不现实的乐观
J Morris1, H Tattan-Birch2, I P Albery1
1Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research, School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank University, London, United Kingdom.
Psychology & health
|February 21, 2024
概括
患有酒精使用障碍 (AUD) 的个人表现出健康信息的防御性处理增加. 这种心理偏见,包括不切实际的乐观主义,阻碍了行为改变,并解释了为什么风险信息在减少酒精消费方面往往是无效的.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 健康风险信息在减少酒精使用方面往往是无效的,特别是当酒精引发负面情绪时.
- 个人可能使用评估偏见或防御性处理来管理个人相关的健康风险带来的心理不适.
- 有限的研究已经探索了不同程度的酒精消费的防御性处理.
研究的目的:
- 调查酒精消费水平与健康风险信息的防御性处理之间的关系.
- 检查评估偏见,感知风险,不切实际的乐观主义和自我效能如何与饮酒有关.
- 了解防御性处理在健康信息对于酒精使用障碍 (AUD) 患者行为改变的无效性中的作用.
主要方法:
- 对597名参与者进行了在线调查.
- 措施包括对健康风险信息图表的防御性处理,酒精使用的感知易感性和严重性,抵抗酒精使用的自我有效性和不现实的乐观.
- 使用酒精使用障碍识别测试 - 消费 (AUDIT-C) 用于评估酒精消费水平.
主要成果:
- AUDIT-C评分显示了与所有防御处理措施的正线性关联 (r从.16到.36).
- 较高的AUDIT-C分数与增加的威胁和易感感知 (r = .16) 和不现实的乐观 (r = .50) 相关联.
- AUDIT-C评分与控制酒精使用的自我有效性有负相关性 (r = -0.48).
结论:
- 患有酒精使用障碍 (AUD) 的人对与酒精有关的信息表现出明显更高水平的防御性处理.
- 防御性处理和不切实际的乐观情绪可能解释了健康风险信息对AUD患者行为改变的影响有限.
- 在AUD中,高不切实际的乐观可能源于保持无问题饮酒身份的需要,导致问题识别低.
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