Nicotine-related interpretation biases in cigarette smoking individuals.

ABSTRACT: Addictive behaviors are characterized by information processing biases, including substance-related interpretation biases. In the field of cigarette smoking, such biases have not been investigated yet. The present study thus adopted an open-ended scenario approach to measure smoking-related interpretation biases. Individuals who smoke, those who ceased smoking, and those without a smoking history (total sample N = 177) were instructed to generate spontaneous continuations for ambiguous, open-ended scenarios that described either a smoking-related or neutral context. Overall, people who smoke generated more smoking-related continuations in response to smoking-relevant situations than non-smoking individuals or people who had stopped smoking, providing evidence for a smoking-related interpre

SUBMITTER: Machulska A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10899185 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature