When abuse primes addiction — Automatic activation of alcohol concepts by child maltreatment related cues in emotionally abused alcoholics

Potthast, Nadine; Neuner, Frank; Catani, Claudia

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.05.004

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“…Comparison data from 34 healthy control subjects were derived from a previously published study [11]. Table 1 provides an overview of the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the AD participants with emotional abuse (n = 10), AD patients without emotional abuse (n = 12), and the control participants (n = 34) as well as significant group differences.…”

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“…A detailed report of the procedure and the materials has been published elsewhere [11]. All subjects who provided written informed consent underwent a clinical examination carried out by experienced clinical psychologists.…”

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“…Participants were asked to rate all stimuli except the nonsense words regarding emotional valence and arousal using the self-assessment manikin self-report scale [23]. Further procedure details regarding the experimental design can be found in Potthast et al [11]. …”

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“…All statistical analyses are identical to those analyses used in our prior study [11]. Group comparisons in terms of demographic and psychometric properties were performed using χ 2 -tests and analyses of variance (ANOVA).…”

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“…There is reason to assume that maltreatment related cues automatically activate an associative memory network comprising cues eliciting craving as well as alcohol-related responses. To our knowledge, there is only one study examining this assumption so far [11], which was conducted by our group. Using a priming paradigm, we examined whether the associative memory network in subjects with AD and experiences of childhood emotional abuse could be activated by child maltreatment related cues.…”

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Automatic activation of alcohol cues by child maltreatment related words: a replication attempt in a different treatment setting

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BackgroundA growing body of research attempts to clarify the underlying mechanisms of the association between emotional maltreatment and alcohol dependence (AD). In a preceding study, we found considerable support for a specific priming effect in subjects with AD and emotional abuse experiences receiving alcohol rehabilitation treatment. We concluded that maltreatment related cues can automatically activate an associative memory network comprising cues eliciting craving as well as alcohol-related responses. Generalizability of the results to other treatment settings remains unclear because of considerable differences in German treatment settings as well as insufficiently clarified influences of selection effects. As replication studies in other settings are necessary, the current study aimed to replicate the specific priming effect in a qualified detoxification sample.Results22 AD subjects (n = 10 with emotional abuse vs. n = 12 without emotional abuse) participated in a priming experiment. Comparison data from 34 healthy control subjects were derived from the prior study. Contrary to our hypothesis, we did not find a specific priming effect.ConclusionsWe could not replicate the result of an automatic network activation by maltreatment related words in a sample of subjects with AD and emotional abuse experiences receiving qualified detoxification treatment. This discrepancy might be attributed to reasons related to treatment settings as well as to methodological limitations. Future work is required to determine the generalizability of the specific priming effect before valid conclusions regarding automatic activation can be drawn.

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Childhood Trauma and Substance Dependence

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Depressive statements prime goal-directed alcohol-seeking in individuals who report drinking to cope with negative affect

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2017

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BackgroundMost variants of negative reinforcement theory predict that acute depressed mood can promote alcohol-seeking behaviour, but the precise mechanisms underpinning this effect remain contested. One possibility is that mood-induced alcohol-seeking is due to the formation of a stimulus-response (S-R) association, enabling depressed mood to elicit alcohol-seeking automatically. A second possibility is that depressed mood undergoes incentive learning, enabling it to enhance the expected value of alcohol and thus promote goal-directed alcohol-seeking.ObjectivesThese two explanations were distinguished using a human outcome-revaluation procedure.MethodsOne hundred and twenty-eight alcohol drinkers completed questionnaires of alcohol use disorder, drinking to cope with negative affect and depression symptoms. Participants then learned that two responses earned alcohol and food points respectively (baseline) in two alternative forced choice trials. At test, participants rated the valence of randomly sampled negative and positive mood statements and, after each statement, chose between the alcohol- and food-seeking responses in extinction.ResultsThe percentage of alcohol- versus food-seeking responses was increased significantly in trials containing negative statements compared to baseline and positive statement trials, in individuals who reported drinking to cope with negative affect (p = .004), but there was no such interaction with indices of alcohol use disorder (p = .87) or depression symptoms (p = .58).ConclusionsIndividuals who drink to cope with negative affect are more sensitive to the motivational impact of acute depressed mood statements priming goal-directed alcohol-seeking. Negative copers’ vulnerability to alcohol dependence may be better explained by excessive affective incentive learning than by S-R habit formation.

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When abuse primes addiction — Automatic activation of alcohol concepts by child maltreatment related cues in emotionally abused alcoholics

Cited by 7 publications

References 65 publications

Automatic activation of alcohol cues by child maltreatment related words: a replication attempt in a different treatment setting

Automatic activation of alcohol cues by child maltreatment related words: a replication attempt in a different treatment setting

Childhood Trauma and Substance Dependence

Depressive statements prime goal-directed alcohol-seeking in individuals who report drinking to cope with negative affect

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