The Effect of Alcohol Cue Exposure on Gambling-Related Attentional Biases and Cravings among Poker Players who Drink

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dc.contributor.advisorMcGrath, Daniel S.
dc.contributor.authorRitchie, Emma Victoria
dc.contributor.committeememberHodgins, David Carson
dc.contributor.committeemembervon Ranson, Kristin M.
dc.date2019-11
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-09T15:36:34Z
dc.date.available2019-09-09T15:36:34Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-29
dc.description.abstractAlcohol 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.citationRitchie, 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.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/36959
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/110887
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity 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.subjectgamblingen_US
dc.subjectalcoholen_US
dc.subjectcue reactivityen_US
dc.subjectcross-cue reactivityen_US
dc.subject.classificationPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationPsychology--Experimentalen_US
dc.titleThe Effect of Alcohol Cue Exposure on Gambling-Related Attentional Biases and Cravings among Poker Players who Drinken_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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