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Implicit alcohol-related cognitions in a clinical sample of heavy drinkers.

De Houwer J, Crombez G, Koster EH, De Beul N

Department of Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, Ghent B9000, Belgium. jan.dehouwer@ugent.be

Patients undergoing treatment in an alcohol-rehabilitation clinic performed an Extrinsic Affective Simon Task (EAST) and two Implicit Association Tests (IATs) that were designed to measure implicit attitudes toward alcohol or implicit alcohol-arousal associations. The EAST and IAT data indicated that patients had a more negative implicit attitude toward alcohol than toward softdrinks and possessed strong implicit alcohol-arousal associations. Our results replicate and extend those of Wiers et al. (J. Abnormal Psychol 111 (2002) 648).

Published 8 November 2004 in J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry, 35(4): 275-86.
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