Title

Appetitive and impulsive: Examining alcohol use via the motivational and self-control systems

Authors

Authors

B. Rubenking;A. N. Lang

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Soc. Sci. J.

Keywords

Motivational systems; Self-control; Approach/avoidance; Implicit vs.; explicit attitudes; Impulsive/reflective; Alcohol use; AT-RISK ADOLESCENTS; RESPONSE-INHIBITION; IMPLICIT ASSOCIATIONS; AVOIDANCE MOTIVATION; ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS; SENSATION SEEKING; DRINKING; BEHAVIOR; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; SUBSTANCE USE; PERSONALITY; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Abstract

This study examines how trait differences in the appetitive and defensive systems and how automatic, impulsive and deliberate, reflective responses to alcohol cues predict overall alcohol use. By utilizing a measure of trait motivational activation and measures of implicit and explicit attitudes toward alcohol that indicate the self-control system - impulsive vs. reflective - that determines behavior, this research demonstrates that higher trait appetitive system activity, ASA, and positive impulsive/implicit alcohol attitudes independently predict alcohol use, while trait defensive system activation, DSA, and explicit attitudes toward alcohol did not independently predict use. (C) 2014 Western Social Science Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Social Science Journal

Volume

52

Issue/Number

2

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

258

Last Page

265

WOS Identifier

WOS:000354547500018

ISSN

0362-3319

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