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The « desire and automatism cue-reactivity questionnaire”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

Y. Khazaal ,
J. Billieux  and
D. Zullino
Y. Khazaal
Affiliation:
Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
J. Billieux
Affiliation:
Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
D. Zullino
Affiliation:
Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

Abstract

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Introduction

Alcohol misuse is associated to cue-reactivity phenomena leading to consummation following desire and/or automatic processes.

Objective

The objective of the present study is to create a scale (the Desire and Automatism alcohol cue-Reactivity Questionnaire: DARQ-Alcohol) in order to assess desire and automatic reactivity to cue-stimuli-related to alcohol.

Aims

The present study aims to preliminary assess reliability of the DARQ-Alcohol and its external validity.

Methods

To be included in the study, participants had to drink alcohol at least once per week. Participants had to assess 60 alcohol related picture (valence, arousal and dominance) and to complete the AUDIT and the DARQ-Alcohol.

Results

Eighty-nine participants (60 women) participated in the study. The reliability coefficients (Cronbach's alpha) calculated on DARQ-Alcohol were high both for the triggering of desire to drink (α=.88) and for the automatic proneness to drink (α=.90). Pearson's correlations were computed between (1) the three affective dimensions of the pictures, (2) the two dimensions of the ACRQ, (3) the total score on the AUDIT. Individuals who found the alcohol related pictures more pleasant, arousing and dominating have higher DARQ Alcohol automatic sub-score. DARQ Alcohol automatic sub-score is moderately related to the AUDIT score, whereas the DARQ Alcohol desire sub-score is less lightly correlated with the AUDIT score.

Conclusions

The DARQ Alcohol seems to be a useful scale allowing the distinction of automatic and desire-related cue-reactivity. Further studies on clinical sample are warranted to further validate the DARQ scale.

Type
P01-63
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 63
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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