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{"title":"A qualitative exploration of the experiences of transdermal alcohol sensor devices amongst people in receipt of treatment for alcohol use disorder","authors":"Eileen Brobbin ,&nbsp;Stephen Parkin ,&nbsp;Paolo Deluca ,&nbsp;Colin Drummond","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100544","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Transdermal alcohol sensors (TAS) have the potential to be used as a clinical tool in alcohol treatment, but there is limited research with individuals with alcohol dependence using TAS. Our study is a qualitative evaluation of the views of people attending alcohol treatment and their experiences of wearing the BACtrack Skyn, within alcohol services in South London.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Participants with alcohol dependence wore a BACtrack Skyn TAS for one week and met with the researcher every two days, for a total of four meetings (for example: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Monday). In the final meeting, a post-wear survey (on their physical, social and comfort experience of the TAS) and semi-structured interview were completed. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) informed the topic guide and data analysis.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Adults (N = 16) receiving alcohol treatment were recruited. Three core topics guided analysis: perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and attitudes towards use. Participants found the TAS easy to wear and felt positive about its appearance and comfort. The only challenges reported were side effects, mostly skin irritation. The main two perceived uses were 1) TAS working as a drinking deterrent and 2) reducing daily breathalyser visits during detox.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Findings support the use of TAS amongst alcohol service users. Wearing the TAS for one week was acceptable and feasible for objective alcohol concentration measurement. Participants reported high perceived ease of use and usefulness of the Skyn in the context of alcohol treatment. These results are encouraging for the use of TAS in clinical settings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235285322400021X/pdfft?md5=da10fa2d695a39970ea26cb41908433f&pid=1-s2.0-S235285322400021X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140350800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Predictors of compulsive cyberporn use: A machine learning analysis","authors":"Farah Ben Brahim ,&nbsp;Robert Courtois ,&nbsp;Germano Vera Cruz ,&nbsp;Yasser Khazaal","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100542","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Compulsive cyberporn use (CCU) has previously been reported among people who use cyberporn. However, most of the previous studies included convenience samples of students or samples of the general adult population. Research examining the factors that predict or are associated with CCU are still scarce.</p><p>In this study, we aimed to (a) assess compulsive cyberporn consumption in a broad sample of people who had used cyberporn and (b) determine, among a diverse range of predictor variables, which are most important in CCU scores, as assessed with the eight-item Compulsive Internet Use Scale adapted for cyberporn.</p></div><div><h3>Materials and Methods</h3><p>Overall, 1584 adult English speakers (age: 18–75 years, M = 33.18; sex: 63.1 % male, 35.2 % female, 1.7 % nonbinary) who used cyberporn during the last 6 months responded to an online questionnaire that assessed sociodemographic, sexual, psychological, and psychosocial variables. Their responses were subjected to correlation analysis, analysis of variance, and machine learning analysis.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Among the participants, 21.96% (in the higher quartile) presented CCU symptoms in accordance with their CCU scores. The five most important predictors of CCU scores were related to the users’ strength of craving for pornography experiences, suppression of negative emotions porn use motive, frequency of cyberporn use over the past year, acceptance of rape myths, and anxious attachment style.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>From a large and diverse pool of variables, we determined the most important predictors of CCU scores. The findings contribute to a better understanding of problematic pornography use and could enrich compulsive cyberporn treatment and prevention.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853224000191/pdfft?md5=5b6a26d1169f4fa666f3690a2cbfffdd&pid=1-s2.0-S2352853224000191-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140187188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Brief online negative affect focused functional imagery training (FIT) improves four-week drinking outcomes in hazardous student drinkers: A pilot randomised controlled trial replication in South Africa","authors":"Ruichong Shuai ,&nbsp;Fatima Ahmed-Leitao ,&nbsp;Jenny Bloom ,&nbsp;Soraya Seedat ,&nbsp;Lee Hogarth","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100540","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100540","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Previous study has shown that functional imagery training (FIT) to utilise positive mental imagery in response to negative affect could improve alcohol-related outcomes. The current study aimed to replicate whether this negative affect focused FIT would improve alcohol-related outcomes in hazardous student drinkers in South Africa at four-week follow-up.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>50 hazardous student drinkers who reported drinking to cope with negative affect were randomised into two groups. The active group (n = 25) was trained online over two weeks to respond to personalised negative drinking triggers by retrieving a personalised adaptive strategy they might use to mitigate negative affect, whereas the control group (n = 25) received standard risk information about binge drinking. Outcome measures including alcohol consumption, drinking motives, anxiety and depression, self-efficacy and use of protective behavioural strategies were obtained at baseline and four-week follow-up.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>FIT effects were revealed by three significant group-by-timepoint interactions in a per-protocol analysis: there was a significant decrease in depressive symptoms, drinking to cope and drinking for social reasons from baseline to follow-up in the active group, but not the control group. No effects were observed on alcohol consumption, self-efficacy, protective behaviour strategies and anxiety.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Preliminary evidence supports that online negative affect focused FIT can improve depression as well as coping and social drinking motives in South African hazardous student drinkers who drank to cope, at four-week follow-up, suggesting that the principles of this FIT approach might be adapted and incorporated into a clinical intervention to test for efficacy in mitigating substance use problems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853224000178/pdfft?md5=89c129de75bc39a91d3f1ee04d0502cf&pid=1-s2.0-S2352853224000178-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140275736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Addressing rural and non-rural substance use disorder stigma: Evidence from a national randomized controlled trial","authors":"Madison Ashworth ,&nbsp;Linda Thunström ,&nbsp;Grace L. Clancy ,&nbsp;Robin A. Thompson ,&nbsp;David Johnson ,&nbsp;Ernest Fletcher","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100541","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) and recovery support services often face significant social stigma, especially in rural areas. One method of addressing stigma is through education and personal recovery stories. It is unclear if such messages will work similarly across rural and non-rural areas.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We conduct an exploratory analysis of data from a national randomized controlled trial (N = 2,721) to determine if there are differences in the effectiveness of messages at reducing stigma across rurality. Specifically, we test four interventions to reduce stigma: education about the effectiveness of recovery housing and three versions of a personal recovery story that varied social distance and delivery medium (identified written story, anonymous written story, and video).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>We find that messages may not have the same effect across rurality, with non-rural participants in the identified and anonymous written recovery story groups having lower stigma scores and only rural participants exposed to the anonymous written story having lower stigma scores compared to their counterparts in the control group. Further, non-rural participants exposed to both written story treatments had higher positive feelings towards those in recovery compared to the control group, but only rural participants in the anonymous written story group had higher positive feelings compared to the control group.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Our results suggest that messages may have different effects on stigma across rurality and that rural participants’ beliefs may be particularly hard to change. Future research should examine what types of stigma reduction interventions are most effective in rural areas.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235285322400018X/pdfft?md5=146339ba72cda25f3428cbac8a4823c0&pid=1-s2.0-S235285322400018X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140190956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Problematic substance use in depressed adolescents: Prevalence and clinical correlates","authors":"Elise N. Marino ,&nbsp;Manish K. Jha ,&nbsp;Abu Minhajuddin ,&nbsp;Emine Rabia Ayvaci ,&nbsp;Sara Levinson ,&nbsp;Ronny Pipes ,&nbsp;Graham J. Emslie ,&nbsp;Madhukar H. Trivedi","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100539","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Substance use among adolescents is common and associated with significant consequences, including depression. Adolescents can experience myriad problems related to early onset substance use and depression, making further understanding of this comorbidity necessary.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>Participants were a subset from a large-scale performance improvement project and consisted of adolescents aged 12–18 who screened positive for depression during their routine medical or psychiatric appointment and who then completed the substance use assessment Car, Relax, Alone, Forget, Friends, Trouble Version 2.1 (CRAFFT). Participants with problematic substance use had a CRAFFT score ≥2.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>A total of 621 participants were included in this study, and 105 (16.9%) reported problematic substance use. Compared with participants without problematic substance use, those with problematic use were more likely to have moderate to severe depression and anxiety, as well as significantly higher irritability, impulsivity, suicidal propensity, and suicidal thoughts scores. Controlling for age at screening, sex, race, and ethnicity, problematic substance use remained a significant predictor of depression severity, impulsivity, suicidal propensity, and suicidal thoughts.</p></div><div><h3>Limitations</h3><p>Participants were from a large, metropolitan area of the Southwest United States who must have screened positive for depression, so results may not generalize. Because all participants were underage, they may have been wary in responding to the substance use assessment accurately.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>By using a large, diverse sample in a real-world clinical setting, findings strengthen the association between problematic substance use and depression and depression-associated symptoms among adolescents, highlighting the need for early detection and universal depression screening.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853224000166/pdfft?md5=60e7412344e002467586529d16128f9b&pid=1-s2.0-S2352853224000166-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140122216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Identifying components of recovery capital that support substance use disorder treatment completion","authors":"Ronald J. Headid ,&nbsp;Trevor C. Doane ,&nbsp;Brett D. Cohen ,&nbsp;Emma C. Smith ,&nbsp;David Redden ,&nbsp;Alexis M. Stoner","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100538","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>Individuals who do not complete substance use disorder treatment (SUDT) have similar outcomes to the untreated. Recovery capital (RC) is the collection of one’s resources that contribute to the initiation and maintenance of sobriety. The aim of this paper was to identify individual measures of RC that are associated with SUDT completion.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>RC data for 69 residents from a men’s recovery center was obtained from questionnaires administered to residents at intake and after SUDT graduation or dismissal. Participant data was divided into two groups, Graduates (n = 39, age 35.87±10.83) and Non-Graduates (n = 30, age 34.35±14.44), and retrospectively analyzed to compare RC between groups at various points during SUDT and which RC measures are associated with SUDT completion.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>At baseline all participants reported limited RC and there was no significant difference in RC between groups. At graduation, Graduates reported significantly more RC in all measures when compared to baseline and Non-Graduates at dismissal. Non-Graduates reported a significant increase in Checking and Savings at dismissal but no other measure.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Baseline levels of RC in both groups were limited and not significantly different which limited the capacity of the study to identify measures of RC associated with SUDT completion. A lack of RC at onset of SUDT did not preclude SUDT completion and obtaining RC during SUDT was associated with completion as only Graduates reported increases in RC. Future study designs should include participants with variable amounts of RC when entering SUDT.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853224000154/pdfft?md5=a01dad2ec9bd7e77e29db332de75418a&pid=1-s2.0-S2352853224000154-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140069170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Happy Hour: The association between trait hedonic capacity and motivation to drink alcohol","authors":"Daniela Becker ,&nbsp;Katharina Bernecker","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100537","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100537","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The (over)consumption of alcohol and other addictive substances is often conceptualized as a problem of low self-control (i.e., people’s inability to inhibit unwanted impulses). According to that view, people drink because they cannot resist. In the present studies, we approached this from a different perspective and tested whether alcohol consumption might also be a problem of low hedonic capacity (i.e., people’s inability to experience pleasure and relaxation, often due to intrusive thoughts). According to that view, people drink because it helps them enjoy or cope with negative thoughts or emotions. In two studies among individuals at low risk of harmful alcohol use (e.g., AUDIT &lt; 7) we consistently found that trait hedonic capacity was unrelated to alcohol consumption but negatively related to coping motivation (drinking alcohol to cope with negative thoughts and feelings; Study 1: <em>N</em> = 348; Study 2: <em>N</em> = 302, preregistered). Exploratory analyses in study 2 (conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic) also showed that people with low, but not high, trait hedonic capacity drank more alcohol in response to stress. Our findings are in line with the notion that people’s drinking motivation and behavior might not only be a problem of poor self-control but also of low trait hedonic capacity. They align with a new direction in addiction prevention and treatment research, which explores ways to help people to seek out and savor hedonic experiences from non-drug related reinforcers (e.g., engaging in leisure activities).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853224000142/pdfft?md5=7c792cff583b18892af819352f438662&pid=1-s2.0-S2352853224000142-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140087525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fear of missing out and problematic social media use: A serial mediation model of social comparison and self-esteem","authors":"Rocco Servidio ,&nbsp;Paolo Soraci ,&nbsp;Mark D. Griffiths ,&nbsp;Stefano Boca ,&nbsp;Zsolt Demetrovics","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100536","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100536","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and aim</h3><p>Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) is consistently associated with problematic social media use (PSMU). Moreover, previous studies have shown a significant association between FoMO, self-esteem, and social comparison. However, there is a lack of studies that have investigated the relationship between, FoMO, social comparison, self-esteem, and PSMU in an integrated model. The present study hypothesized that FoMO may influence PSMU through the serial mediating role of social comparison and self-esteem.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>A cross-sectional survey study was conducted comprising 256 Italian university students (74.4% female), aged 18 to 38 years (<em>M</em> = 23.05 years; <em>SD</em> = 3.58). The participants completed an online survey assessing the variables of the study.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Controlling for age and gender, the results showed positive associations between FoMO, social comparison, and PSMU, and a negative association between FoMO and self-esteem. Self-esteem was also negatively associated with PSMU. It was also found that social comparison and self-esteem sequentially mediated the association between FoMO and PSMU.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The present study contributes to understanding the mechanisms that underline the complex effects of FoMO on PSMU.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853224000130/pdfft?md5=383fcae9837e54438d6457d4b7fc7328&pid=1-s2.0-S2352853224000130-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140087810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perceived parental alcohol problems and drinking patterns among adolescents in Sweden","authors":"Hiwot Mezgebe Workie ,&nbsp;Joakim Wahlström ,&nbsp;Johan Svensson ,&nbsp;Sara Brolin Låftman","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100535","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Much research into the links between parental problematic alcohol use and adolescent substance use has focused on clinically diagnosed parental alcohol disorders. Few prior studies have utilised validated measures of adolescents’ perception of parental alcohol problems and considered the severity of these problems. This study examined the associations between the severity of perceived parental alcohol problems and adolescents’ drinking patterns in a Swedish national sample.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We used survey information from grade 9 and 11 students (15–18 years) from 2021 (n = 9,227). Perceived parental alcohol problems were measured by the short version of The Children of Alcoholics Screening Test (CAST-6). The outcomes were: alcohol consumption during the past 12 months, frequent heavy episodic drinking (HED), and early alcohol debut (before age 14). Sociodemographic characteristics were adjusted for.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Binary logistic regressions showed that the severity of perceived parental alcohol problems was associated with alcohol consumption during the past 12 months (low severity OR 1.53, p &lt; 0.001; moderate severity OR 1.85, p &lt; 0.001; high severity OR 2.52, p &lt; 0.001), HED (low severity OR 1.16, n.s.; moderate severity OR 1.31, n.s.; high severity OR 1.64, p &lt; 0.01), and early alcohol debut (low severity OR 1.57, p &lt; 0.001; moderate severity OR 1.65, p &lt; 0.001; high severity OR 2.20, p &lt; 0.001).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Adolescents with perceived parental alcohol problems are more likely to have risky drinking patterns themselves, and the likelihood becomes higher with increased severity. Effective interventions for children whose parents have drinking problems are important, and should also take the severity of the parents’ drinking problem into account.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853224000129/pdfft?md5=dbe4337dd418ebf382453a4f6d5e151a&pid=1-s2.0-S2352853224000129-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139915103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Attentional Biases and Their Association with Substance-Use-Related Problems and Addictive Behaviors: The Utility of a Gamified Value-Modulated Attentional Capture Task","authors":"René Freichel ,&nbsp;Erynn Christensen ,&nbsp;Lana Mrkonja ,&nbsp;Peter J. de Jong ,&nbsp;Janna Cousijn ,&nbsp;Ingmar Franken ,&nbsp;Murat Yücel ,&nbsp;Rico Lee ,&nbsp;Ilya M. Veer ,&nbsp;Lucy Albertella ,&nbsp;Reinout W. Wiers","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100534","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100534","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Attentional biases towards reward stimuli have been implicated in substance use-related problems. The value-modulated attentional capture (VMAC) task assesses such reward-related biases. The VMAC task widely used in lab studies tends to be monotonous and susceptible to low effort. We therefore tested a gamified online version of the VMAC that aimed to increase participant engagement. Our goal was to examine how VMAC is associated with substance use-related problems and addictive behaviors, and whether this association is moderated by cognitive control.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We recruited 285 participants from an online community, including heavy alcohol users. All participants completed a novel gamified version of the VMAC task, measures of substance use and addictive behaviors (addictive-like eating behavior, problematic smartphone use), the WebExec measure of problems with executive functions, and the Stroop Adaptive Deadline Task (SDL) as a measure of cognitive control.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The gamified VMAC task successfully identified value-modulated attentional capture effects towards high-reward stimuli. We found no significant associations between VMAC scores, problematic alcohol or cannabis use, addictive behaviors, or any moderation by a behavioral measure of cognitive control. Exploratory analyses revealed that self-reported cognitive problems were associated with more alcohol-, and cannabis-related problems, and addictive behaviors. Greater attentional capture (VMAC) was associated with more cannabis use-related problems among individuals with higher levels of self-reported cognitive problems.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Our study is one of the first to demonstrate the utility of the gamified version of the VMAC task in capturing attentional reward biases. Self-reported problems with cognitive functions represent a key dimension associated with substance use-related problems and addictive behaviors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853224000117/pdfft?md5=83d4d8e0291992602370af57a1b6b070&pid=1-s2.0-S2352853224000117-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139826865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}