Levels of craving influence psychological challenge and physiological reactivity

Frings, Daniel; Eskisan, Guleser; Spada, Marcantonio M.; Albery, Ian P.

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2014.10.010

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“…It also aimed to test how these constructs would, in combination, affect motivational states and subsequent neuroendocrine system responses. Previous work reveals that higher levels of craving relate to higher levels of challenge (associated with higher levels of adrenaline but not cortisol), when the craving was likely to be realized [38]. The current study replicated this effect, and extended it by manipulating whether or not the craving would be fulfilled.…”

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“…This conflict may maintain states of psychological threat. In contrast, during the task phase, desire thinking may facilitate the increase of challenge states by self-motivational thinking that can highlight the importance of the goal and a direct elaboration of plan of actions-a more future-orientated response [38]. Alongside the implications for desire thinking, another important implication of the current research is that behaviors which have a craving element to them can be understood via their effects on motivation-as measured via physiological indices of challenge and threat.…”

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“…Frings et al, demonstrated this in the context of food (specifically chocolate) craving [38]. They measured levels of craving for chocolate amongst participants.…”

Section: Challenge/threat and Cravingmentioning

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“…Challenge and threat measures Measures of challenge and threat were taken using impedance cardiography (ICG), electrocardiography (ECG) and continuous blood pressure monitoring in line with previous practice [38]. Indexes derived from these measures included cardiac output (CO), heart rate (HR), pre-ejection period (PEP), left ventricular ejection time (LVET) and total peripheral resistance (TPR).…”

Section: Craving Intensity Reward Fulfillmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Data from the last 2 min of the baseline phase, and the first 2 min of the anticipatory and task phases were used. These measures were combined to generate a single challenge/ threat index for each sets of reactivity (see previous work for methodological specifics [28,38]). Higher values indicate relative states of challenge, whilst lower scores indicate relative states of threat (with scores above and below 0 indicating relative challenge/threat, respectively).…”

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The effects of food craving and desire thinking on states of motivational challenge and threat and their physiological indices

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Purpose Food craving has been shown to induce states of psychological challenge, indexed by increases in adrenaline but not cortisol production. The study aimed to test the relationship between challenge and (1) desire thinking (the active processing of the pleasant consequences of achieving a desired target and planning how to do so) and (2) craving. Methods Participants (N = 61) self-reported their levels of craving and desire thinking. They were then presented with situations in which their craving would be fulfilled or not via a false feedback practice task (a wordsearch task). During this period psycho-physiological measures of challenge and threat were taken. Results Higher levels of craving were linked to challenge only when the craved object was likely to be obtained. Whilst anticipating reward fulfillment, higher levels of craving were linked to higher levels of desire thinking. In turn, higher levels of desire thinking were related to lower levels of challenge. In contrast, during the processes of reward fulfillment, desire thinking was linked to increased challenge (i.e., a positive indirect effect). Conclusions Craving is linked to increased levels of psychological challenge when the object of the craving can be obtained, but it is unrelated to craving when it is not. The research also highlights the importance of desire thinking as an important, but complex, mediator in the relationship between craving and motivational states: desire thinking inhibited challenge when anticipating craving fulfillment, but encouraging it during the process of fulfillment itself. Level of evidence I: Evidence obtained from at least one properly designed randomized controlled trial.

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confidence: 99%

“…Frings et al, demonstrated this in the context of food (specifically chocolate) craving [38]. They measured levels of craving for chocolate amongst participants.…”

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Successful performance and cardiovascular markers of challenge and threat: A meta-analysis

Behnke

Kaczmarek

2018

International Journal of Psychophysiology

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Cardiovascular responses to challenge and threat have been used extensively in psychophysiological research. In this meta-analysis, we scrutinized the body of evidence for the role of challenge and threat hemodynamic responses in predicting positive behavioral outcomes, i.e., performance quality. We accounted for cardiac output (CO), total peripheral resistance (TPR), and Challenge-Threat Index (CTI). With 17 articles covering 19 studies (total N = 1045), we observed that the literature might have been biased towards positive results. After we excluded outlying studies and compensated for missing null-effect studies, we found that the mean standardized coefficient, corrected with the trim-and-fill method, was r = 0.14 for CO, r = -0.13 for TPR, and r = 0.10 for CTI. This indicated relatively small but stable effects of cardiovascular responses in the facilitation of successful performance. Moderator analyses indicated that TPR and CTI produced stronger effects in non-experimental studies. We also found that effects were not moderated by levels of engagement (indexed by heart rate and pre-ejection period), task domain (cognitive vs. behavioral) and measurement method. In summary, our results supported the general validity of the biopsychosocial model in the prediction of behavioral outcomes. However, they also indicated limitations of the empirical evidence and a significant bias in the literature.

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Neural bases of risky decisions involving nicotine vapor versus monetary reward

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Polk

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Levels of craving influence psychological challenge and physiological reactivity

Cited by 11 publications

References 27 publications

The effects of food craving and desire thinking on states of motivational challenge and threat and their physiological indices

The effects of food craving and desire thinking on states of motivational challenge and threat and their physiological indices

Successful performance and cardiovascular markers of challenge and threat: A meta-analysis

Neural bases of risky decisions involving nicotine vapor versus monetary reward

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