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

    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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