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The addiction Stroop task: examining the fast and slow effects of smoking and marijuana-related cues

Department of Psychology, Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK jc250{at}kent.ac.uk

D Sharma

Department of Psychology, Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK

IP Albery

Department of Psychology, London South Bank University, London, UK

Abstract

Research has shown that attentional bias toward smoking-related stimuli is related to the maintenance of smoking behaviour and the chance of a relapse during a quit attempt. Effects of smoking attentional bias can occur both during smoking stimulus presentation (fast effect) and on stimuli that immediately follow smoking stimuli (slow effect). The current research builds on these findings by closely examining the temporal aspects of these fast and slow effects across groups of different smoking status. In Experiment 1 (n = 64), smokers, smokers attempting to quit (SATQ) and non-smokers completed an addiction Stroop task using smoking related, negative emotion and neutral stimuli. In Experiment 2 (n = 32), marijuana smokers and non-marijuana smokers completed an addiction Stroop task using marijuana and neutral stimuli. Results showed fast effects across all smoking groups (except non-smokers) and slow effects in SATQ and marijuana smokers. Furthermore, marijuana smokers showed slow effects over extended periods of time. Results also show a relationship between anxiety, nicotine dependence and attentional bias in SATQ. The implications of these findings are discussed.

Key Words: attention • bias • emotion • marijuana • smoking • stroop

This version was published on July 1, 2009

Journal of Psychopharmacology, Vol. 23, No. 5, 510-519 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0269881108091253


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