Rebecca L. Monk
Implicit alcohol-related expectancies and the effect of context
Monk, Rebecca L.; Pennington, Charlotte R.; Campbell, Claire; Price, Alan; Heim, Derek
Authors
Charlotte R. Pennington
Claire Campbell
Alan Price
Derek Heim
Abstract
© 2016, Alcohol Research Documentation Inc. All right reserved. Objective: The current study examined the impact of varying pictorial cues and testing contexts on implicit alcohol-related expectancies. Method: Seventy-six participants were assigned randomly to complete an Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) in either a pub or lecture context. The IRAP exposed participants to pictorial cues that depicted an alcoholic beverage in the foreground of a pub (alcohol-congruent stimuli) or university lecture theater (alcoholincongruent stimuli), and participants were required to match both positive and negative alcohol-related outcome expectancies to these stimuli. Corresponding to a 4 × 2 design, IRAP trial types were included in the analysis as repeated-measure variables, whereas testing environment was input as a between-participants variable. Results: Participants more readily endorsed that drinking alcohol was related to positive expectancies when responding to alcohol-congruent stimuli, and this was strengthened when participants completed the task in a pub. Moreover, they more readily confirmed that alcohol was related to negative expectancies when responding to alcohol-incongruent stimuli. Conclusions: These findings suggest that alcohol-related cues and environmental contexts may be a significant driver of positive alcohol-related cognitions, which may have implications for the design of interventions. They emphasize further the importance of examining implicit cognitions in ecologically valid testing contexts.
Citation
Monk, R. L., Pennington, C. R., Campbell, C., Price, A., & Heim, D. (2016). Implicit alcohol-related expectancies and the effect of context. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77(5), 819-827. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2016.77.819
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 2, 2016 |
Publication Date | Sep 1, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Sep 12, 2017 |
Journal | Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs |
Print ISSN | 1937-1888 |
Electronic ISSN | 1938-4114 |
Publisher | Alcohol Research Documentation |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 77 |
Issue | 5 |
Pages | 819-827 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2016.77.819 |
Keywords | alcohol, outcome expectancies, context, implicit cognitions |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/908212 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2016.77.819 |
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