Alcohol-induced risk taking on the BART mediates alcohol priming.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Hazardous drinking has been associated with risk taking and alcohol priming effects. However, the potential relationship between risk taking and priming has not been investigated. The Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) is a behavioural measure of risk taking which appears to be associated with drinking behaviour. However, alcohol's acute effects on BART performance are not clear, and the potentially mediating effect of alcohol-induced risk taking on priming has not been tested.

Objectives

To assess the effects of a priming dose of alcohol on BART performance; to determine the predictive utility of the BART on drinking habits; and to identify whether alcohol-induced risk taking mediates alcohol priming (urge to drink).

Methods

A total of 142 participants provi

SUBMITTER: Rose AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4018511 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature