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Cardiovascular reactivity as a predictor of alcohol consumption in a taste test situation
Author(s) -
Pihl Robert O.,
Giancola Peter R.,
Peterson Jordan B.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199403)50:2<280::aid-jclp2270500222>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - reactivity (psychology) , alcohol , orange juice , psychology , taste , context (archaeology) , alcohol consumption , flavor , ethanol , food science , chemistry , medicine , biochemistry , paleontology , alternative medicine , pathology , neuroscience , biology
The existence of a relationship between cardiovascular reactivity to signalled shock and alcohol consumption can be inferred from studies of males at increased familial risk for alcoholism. The present study examined two groups of nonalcoholic men – those with multigenerational histories (MGH) of alcoholism and family‐history negative (FH –) controls – to determine whether reactivity was related to voluntary ethanol consumption in the context of a beverage taste test. High reactors, a significant majority of whom were MGH males, drank significantly more vodka and orange juice, rum and coke, and orange juice when asked to rate the flavor of three alcoholic and two nonalcoholic drinks. High reactors also consumed more alcohol on a weekly basis according to their self‐report.