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Attempted Training of Alcohol Approach and Drinking Identity Associations in US Undergraduate Drinkers: Null Results from Two Studies

Kristen P. Lindgren; Reínout W. Wiers; Bethany A. Teachman; Melissa L. Gasser; Erin Corwin Westgate; Janna Cousijn; Matthew C. Enkema; Clayton Neighbors · 2015 · PLoS ONE

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Abstract

There is preliminary evidence that approach avoid training can shift implicit alcohol associations and improve treatment outcomes. We sought to replicate and extend those findings in US undergraduate social drinkers (Study 1) and at-risk drinkers (Study 2). Three adaptations of the approach avoid task (AAT) were tested. The first adaptation - the approach avoid training - was a replication and targeted implicit alcohol approach associations. The remaining two adaptations - the general identity and personalized identity trainings - targeted implicit drinking identity associations, which are rob

Abstract by Kristen P. Lindgren; Reínout W. Wiers; Bethany A. Teachman; Melissa L. Gasser; Erin Corwin Westgate; Janna Cousijn; Matthew C. Enkema; Clayton Neighbors, PLoS ONE (2015) — licensed CC BY 4.0.

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