TY - JOUR
T1 - Monitoring drinking behaviour and motivation to drink over successive doses of alcohol
AU - Rose, Abigail Katherine
AU - Hobbs, Malcolm
AU - Klipp, Laura
AU - Bell, Steven
AU - Edwards, Kendra
AU - O'Hara, Pat
AU - Drummond, Colin
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - The objective of this study was to compare alcohol urge, drinking behaviour and mood across two beverage conditions (alcohol/soft drink), over multiple drinks. Forty-five (22 men) participants completed two conditions (alcohol/soft-drink). Baseline alcohol urge and mood was measured before an initial drink consumed (0.2 g/kg alcohol or lemonade). Four drinking phases, which provided alcohol and lemonade, followed. Alcohol urge, mood and liking/enjoyment of beverages were measured. Participants' typical drinking habits were recorded, allowing comparisons across drinking factors. Alcohol urge was greater in the alcohol condition (P <0.03), which positively correlated with liking and drinking enjoyment of the alcohol beverage (P <0.04). Binge drinking and weekly alcohol consumption positively related to alcohol urge during the first half of the alcohol condition (P <0.02). Feeling stimulated was positively related to alcohol urge (P <0.01). Sip latency was quickest for alcohol in the alcohol condition (P <0.001) and did not increase over time as in the soft-drink condition (P <0.001). This study presents a paradigm in which alcohol motivation can be assessed within more typical drinking occasion parameters. Urge related to alcohol's positive reinforcing effects. As more alcohol was consumed, a disassociation of liking and wanting alcohol occurred, indicating that different processes may underlie behaviour during different periods of a drinking occasion. Behavioural Pharmacology 21:710-718 (C) 2010 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
AB - The objective of this study was to compare alcohol urge, drinking behaviour and mood across two beverage conditions (alcohol/soft drink), over multiple drinks. Forty-five (22 men) participants completed two conditions (alcohol/soft-drink). Baseline alcohol urge and mood was measured before an initial drink consumed (0.2 g/kg alcohol or lemonade). Four drinking phases, which provided alcohol and lemonade, followed. Alcohol urge, mood and liking/enjoyment of beverages were measured. Participants' typical drinking habits were recorded, allowing comparisons across drinking factors. Alcohol urge was greater in the alcohol condition (P <0.03), which positively correlated with liking and drinking enjoyment of the alcohol beverage (P <0.04). Binge drinking and weekly alcohol consumption positively related to alcohol urge during the first half of the alcohol condition (P <0.02). Feeling stimulated was positively related to alcohol urge (P <0.01). Sip latency was quickest for alcohol in the alcohol condition (P <0.001) and did not increase over time as in the soft-drink condition (P <0.001). This study presents a paradigm in which alcohol motivation can be assessed within more typical drinking occasion parameters. Urge related to alcohol's positive reinforcing effects. As more alcohol was consumed, a disassociation of liking and wanting alcohol occurred, indicating that different processes may underlie behaviour during different periods of a drinking occasion. Behavioural Pharmacology 21:710-718 (C) 2010 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
U2 - 10.1097/FBP.0b013e32833fa72b
DO - 10.1097/FBP.0b013e32833fa72b
M3 - Article
VL - 21
SP - 710
EP - 718
JO - Behavioural Pharmacology
JF - Behavioural Pharmacology
IS - 8
ER -
