The Effect of Alcohol Cue Exposure on Gambling-Related Attentional Biases and Cravings among Poker Players who Drink
| dc.contributor.advisor | McGrath, Daniel S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ritchie, Emma Victoria | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Hodgins, David Carson | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | von Ranson, Kristin M. | |
| dc.date | 2019-11 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-09T15:36:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-09-09T15:36:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-08-29 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Alcohol is one of the most common substances used in conjunction with gambling, but the impact it has on gambling cravings and behaviours is poorly understood. The present study sought to determine whether exposure to an alcohol cue increased gambling cravings and preferential attention to gambling images in an eye-tracking task. Male poker players (n = 59) and non-gamblers (n = 59) were randomly assigned to an alcohol or neutral cue condition. All participants completed the same eye-tracking task, which featured pairs of gambling, alcohol, and neutral images. Alcohol and gambling cravings were measured before and after cue expose and after the eye-tracking task. Contrary to hypotheses, gamblers in the alcohol cue condition did not experience an increase in gambling cravings compared to gamblers in the neutral cue condition. Additionally, there were no differences in the way that gambling images were viewed by gamblers based on condition. However, participants in the alcohol cue condition preferentially attended to alcohol images more than participants in the neutral cue condition. Limitations and future directions are discussed. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ritchie, E. V. (2019). The Effect of Alcohol Cue Exposure on Gambling-Related Attentional Biases and Cravings among Poker Players who Drink (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/36959 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/110887 | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Arts | en_US |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | en_US |
| dc.subject | gambling | en_US |
| dc.subject | alcohol | en_US |
| dc.subject | cue reactivity | en_US |
| dc.subject | cross-cue reactivity | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Psychology | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Psychology--Experimental | en_US |
| dc.title | The Effect of Alcohol Cue Exposure on Gambling-Related Attentional Biases and Cravings among Poker Players who Drink | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Psychology | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science (MSc) | en_US |
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