| Literature DB >> 19081200 |
Martin Zack1, Justin Sharpley, Clyde W Dent, Alan W Stacy.
Abstract
This study assessed incidental recognition of Alcohol and Neutral words in adolescents who encoded the words under distraction. Participants were 171 (87 male) 10th grade students, ages 14-16 (M=15.1) years. Testing was conducted by telephone: Participants listened to a list containing Alcohol and Neutral (Experimental--Group E, n=92) or only Neutral (Control--Group C, n=79) words, while counting backwards from 200 by two's. Recognition was tested immediately thereafter. Group C exhibited higher false recognition of Neutral than Alcohol items, whereas Group E displayed equivalent false rates for both word types. The reported number of alcohol TV ads seen in the past week predicted higher false recognition of Neutral words in Group C and of Alcohol words in Group E. False memory for Alcohol words in Group E was greater in males and high anxiety sensitive participants. These context-dependent biases may contribute to exaggerations in perceived drinking norms previously found to predict alcohol misuse in young drinkers.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19081200 PMCID: PMC3172138 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.11.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Addict Behav ISSN: 0306-4603 Impact factor: 3.913