RT Journal Article
T1 Changes of attentional bias in patients with alcohol use disorder during abstinence: A longitudinal study
T2 Cambios del sesgo atencional en pacientes con trastorno por consumo de alcohol durante la abstinencia: Un estudio longitudinal
A1 Escudero Moreno, Berta
A1 Arias Horcajadas, Francisco
A1 Orio Ortiz, Laura
A2 Elsevier, 
AB Background: Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is linked to an attentional bias towards alcohol-related cues (e.g. images, smells), which acquire incentive properties and promote continued consumption.Method: We investigated how the general and alcohol attentional bias evolved longitudinally in AUD patients along two periods of abstinence: t = 0 (baseline, 1-3 months of abstinence) and t = 1 (follow-up; 6 months of abstinence), as well as their relationship with alcohol-related variables. General and alcohol-specific attentional bias were evaluated by the Classic and the Alcohol Stroop tests (neutral and alcohol conditions) in abstinent AUD patients and controls.Results: At t = 0, the AUD group exhibited both general and alcohol-specific attentional biases, with greater effect in the general bias. At t = 1, alcohol-specific attentional bias decreased specifically in the AUD group and reached control levels (with interference index levels increasing from 1-3 months to 6 months). However, general attentional bias showed a trend toward improvement but it did not significantly change through abstinence process (linear mixed models, controlling for age, BMI, sex and education).Conclusions: In AUD patients, general and alcohol attentional biases exhibit different trajectories during abstinence, with the attentional bias toward alcohol improving significantly throughout this process whereas general attentional bias is maintained.
PB Elsevier
YR 2024
FD 2024-06-27
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/105797
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/105797
LA eng
NO Escudero, B., Arias Horcajadas, F., & Orio, L. (2024). Changes of attentional bias in patients with alcohol use disorder during abstinence: A longitudinal study. Addictive behaviors, 157, 108098. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108098
NO European Commission
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
NO Instituto de Salud Carlos III
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 abr 2025