Appetitive And Impulsive: Examining Alcohol Use Via The Motivational And Self-Control Systems
Keywords
Alcohol use; Approach/avoidance; Implicit vs. explicit attitudes; Impulsive/reflective; Motivational systems; Self-control
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.
Publication Date
6-1-2015
Publication Title
Social Science Journal
Volume
52
Issue
2
Number of Pages
258-265
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2014.12.001
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
84929267176 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84929267176
STARS Citation
Rubenking, Bridget and Lang, Annie, "Appetitive And Impulsive: Examining Alcohol Use Via The Motivational And Self-Control Systems" (2015). Scopus Export 2015-2019. 621.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2015/621