Jones, A, McGrath, E, Robinson, E, Houben, K, Nederkoorn, C and Field, M (2018) A Randomized Controlled Trial of Inhibitory Control Training for the Reduction of Alcohol Consumption in Problem Drinkers. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86 (12). pp. 991-1004. ISSN 0022-006X

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Abstract

Objective: We conducted a randomized controlled trial to compare the effects of three types of Internet-delivered Inhibitory Control Training (ICT) with each other and with an active control intervention on alcohol consumption in a community sample of problem drinkers. Method: Two hundred and 46 heavy drinkers, who were motivated to reduce their alcohol consumption (mean age 41.32, 130 female) self-monitored their alcohol consumption for 1 week before being randomized to receive 1 of 3 variants of ICT (Associative No-Go, Associative Stop Signal, General Inhibition) or an active control. Participants then completed up to 14 ICT/control sessions on the Internet over a 4-week period, while regularly recording their alcohol consumption. Results: There were significant reductions in alcohol consumption across all groups over the 4-week training period (main effect of time, F(2, 402) 77.12, p <.01, ηp 2.28, BF10 99), however there were no differences between ICT groups, or between ICT groups and the active control group (Group Time interaction, F(6, 402) 1.10, p.36, ηp 2.02, BF10 0.03). Contrary to hypotheses, there were no changes in general inhibitory control, the disinhibiting effects of alcohol cues, or alcohol affective associations after ICT. Conclusions: In this study, which attempted to translate findings from proof-of-concept laboratory studies into a viable behavior change intervention, we found that multiple sessions of ICT delivered over the Internet did not help heavy drinkers to reduce their alcohol consumption beyond nonspecific effects associated with taking part in a trial.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Humans; Alcohol-Related Disorders; Alcohol Drinking; Motivation; Cues; Behavior Therapy; Telemedicine; Internet; Adult; Female; Male; Inhibition, Psychological; Adult; Alcohol Drinking; Alcohol-Related Disorders; Behavior Therapy; Cues; Female; Humans; Inhibition, Psychological; Internet; Male; Motivation; Telemedicine; Clinical Psychology; 1701 Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Divisions:	Psychology (from Sep 2019)
Publisher:	American Psychological Association (APA)
SWORD Depositor:	A Symplectic
Date Deposited:	14 Sep 2022 09:54
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2022 09:54
DOI or ID number:	10.1037/ccp0000312
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/17574

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