TY - JOUR
T1 - Attention bias for alcohol-related information in adolescent with alcohol-dependent parents
AU - Zetteler, Jessica I.
AU - Stollery, Brian T.
AU - Weinstein, Aviv M.
AU - Lingford-Hughes, Anne R.
PY - 2006/7
Y1 - 2006/7
N2 - Aims: To assess the attentional bias for alcohol-related information in adolescents with (n = 15), and without (n = 15), a parental history of alcohol dependence. Methods: Participants completed questionnaires assessing depression, weekly alcohol consumption, anxiety, and concerns about alcohol consumption and undertook subliminal and supraliminal computerized Stroop tasks using colour-words, alcohol-related words, and control words. Results: Adolescents with alcohol-dependent parents showed supra liminal interference for alcohol-related words. The magnitude of this interference was correlated with higher trait and state anxiety, and lower levels of weekly alcohol consumption. No interference was found on the subliminal alcohol Stroop task. Conclusions: While it is likely that this attentional bias for alcohol-related cues reflects the concerns regarding parental drinking, it is also possible that this might underlie the increased risk of future alcohol dependence in the children of alcohol-dependent parents.
AB - Aims: To assess the attentional bias for alcohol-related information in adolescents with (n = 15), and without (n = 15), a parental history of alcohol dependence. Methods: Participants completed questionnaires assessing depression, weekly alcohol consumption, anxiety, and concerns about alcohol consumption and undertook subliminal and supraliminal computerized Stroop tasks using colour-words, alcohol-related words, and control words. Results: Adolescents with alcohol-dependent parents showed supra liminal interference for alcohol-related words. The magnitude of this interference was correlated with higher trait and state anxiety, and lower levels of weekly alcohol consumption. No interference was found on the subliminal alcohol Stroop task. Conclusions: While it is likely that this attentional bias for alcohol-related cues reflects the concerns regarding parental drinking, it is also possible that this might underlie the increased risk of future alcohol dependence in the children of alcohol-dependent parents.
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U2 - 10.1093/alcalc/agl026
DO - 10.1093/alcalc/agl026
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C2 - 16624838
AN - SCOPUS:33745686560
SN - 0735-0414
VL - 41
SP - 426
EP - 430
JO - Alcohol and Alcoholism
JF - Alcohol and Alcoholism
IS - 4
ER -