@article{ref1,
title="Affective decision-making moderates the effects of automatic associations on alcohol use among drug offenders",
journal="American journal of drug and alcohol abuse encompassing all addictive disorders",
year="2016",
author="Cappelli, Christopher and Ames, Susan and Shono, Yusuke and Dust, Mark and Stacy, Alan",
volume="43",
number="5",
pages="534-544",
abstract="BACKGROUND: This study used a dual-process model of cognition in order to investigate the possible influence of automatic and deliberative processes on lifetime alcohol use in a sample of drug offenders. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: The objective was to determine if automatic/implicit associations in memory can exert an influence over an individual's alcohol use and if decision-making ability could potentially modify the influence of these associations. <br><br>METHODS: 168 participants completed a battery of cognitive tests measuring implicit alcohol associations in memory (verb generation) as well as their affective decision-making ability (Iowa Gambling Task). Structural equation modeling procedures were used to test the relationship between implicit associations, decision-making, and lifetime alcohol use. <br><br>RESULTS: Results revealed that among participants with lower levels of decision-making, implicit alcohol associations more strongly predicted higher lifetime alcohol use. <br><br>CONCLUSION: These findings provide further support for the interaction between a specific decision function and its influence over automatic processes in regulating alcohol use behavior in a risky population. Understanding the interaction between automatic associations and decision processes may aid in developing more effective intervention components.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0095-2990",
doi="10.1080/00952990.2016.1216557",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2016.1216557"
}