TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Alcohol abusers' and nonabusers' distraction by alcohol and concern-related stimuli
JO  - American journal of drug and alcohol abuse encompassing all addictive disorders
A1  - Cox, W. M.
A1  - Blount, J. P.
A1  - Rozak, A. M.
SP  - 489
EP  - 495
VL  - 26
IS  - 3
N2  - Alcohol abusers' and nonabusers' attentional distraction for neutral, alcohol-related, and concern-related (personally relevant) words was assessed with a word-word color-naming task. Abusers, unlike nonabusers, showed greater attentional distraction for alcohol-related than concern-related words. Exploratory analyses indicated that abusers who were more distracted by alcohol-related than concern-related stimuli (i.e., "alcohol distracted") responded more slowly to neutral words than "concern-distracted" participants. The results suggest that the relative degree of distraction by alcohol versus other personally relevant stimuli holds promise for understanding the cognitive and motivational processes underlying alcohol abuse.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0095-2990
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -