Examining the affective tone of alcohol craving in young drinkers Kabbani,R, Kambouropoulos,N, Loxton,NJ and Bunker,R 2014, Examining the affective tone of alcohol craving in young drinkers, Psychology of addictive behaviors, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 1259-1264, doi: 10.1037/a0038261. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Examining the affective tone of alcohol craving in young drinkers Author(s) Kabbani,R Kambouropoulos,N orcid.org/0000-0001-9861-3347 Loxton,NJ Bunker,R Journal name Psychology of addictive behaviors Volume number 28 Issue number 4 Start page 1259 End page 1264 Publisher American Psychological Association Place of publication Washington, DC Publication date 2014-12 ISSN 1939-1501 0893-164X Keyword(s) Science & Technology Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Substance Abuse Psychology, Multidisciplinary Psychology alcohol craving affect incentive sensitization theory INCENTIVE-SENSITIZATION THEORY CUE REACTIVITY SOCIAL DRINKERS ATTENTIONAL BIAS HEAVY DRINKERS ADDICTION ETHANOL AVAILABILITY CONSUMPTION DEPENDENCE Summary An abundance of research has examined craving and affective responses to alcohol; however, minimal emphasis has been placed on the relationship between craving and affective states at specific time points of alcohol consumption. Fifty-nine university students (28 light drinkers, 31 heavy drinkers) completed assessments of craving, and positive and negative affect at baseline (Time 1), immediately following consumption of a standard drink of alcohol (Time 2), and 20 min post consumption (Time 3). In light drinkers, craving was positively correlated with positive affect at all 3 time points. In heavy drinkers, craving was only correlated with positive affect at Time 2. There were no associations between craving and negative affect at any time point in either group. A subsequent profile analysis revealed parallel profiles of craving and positive affect over time in light drinkers, but not heavy drinkers. At 20 min post alcohol consumption, a moderated regression showed that the relationship between craving and positive affect weakened as level of alcohol use increased. These findings suggest that craving is positively associated with positive affect in light drinkers, but as levels of drinking escalate, this association dissipates. Language eng DOI 10.1037/a0038261 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 920401 Behaviour and Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2014, American Psychological Society Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30069660 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Author URL Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 13 Feb 2015, 10:46:53 EST Sat, 14 Feb 2015, 04:00:59 EST Mon, 16 Feb 2015, 15:08:43 EST Thu, 19 Feb 2015, 05:06:07 EST Fri, 06 Mar 2015, 10:16:14 EST Fri, 06 Mar 2015, 10:17:25 EST Wed, 11 Mar 2015, 14:13:47 EST Mon, 12 Oct 2015, 15:52:34 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 3 times in TR Web of Science Cited 3 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 556 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 13 Feb 2015, 10:46:53 EST