Distractibility moderates the relation between automatic alcohol motivation and drinking behavior.

@article{Farris2010DistractibilityMT,
  title={Distractibility moderates the relation between automatic alcohol motivation and drinking behavior.},
  author={Suzan R. Farris and Brian D Ostafin and Tibor P. Palfai},
  journal={Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors},
  year={2010},
  volume={24 1},
  pages={
          151-6
        }
}
  • S. Farris, B. Ostafin, T. Palfai
  • Published 1 March 2010
  • Psychology, Medicine
  • Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors
Research suggests that alcohol use is influenced by (a) the strength of automatic motivational responses to alcohol cues and (b) individual differences in self-control. The current study was designed to examine whether the self-control skill of inhibiting response to distracting stimuli would moderate the relation between automatic alcohol motivation and alcohol use. Eighty-seven hazardous drinkers completed baseline measures of automatic alcohol motivation and trait self-control and reported… 
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