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Mood and Attention Variability in Women with Alcohol Dependence: A Preliminary Investigation
Author(s) -
Bowen Rudy,
Block Gerald,
Baetz Marilyn
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1080/10550490701756013
Subject(s) - mood , psychology , alcohol , clinical psychology , psychiatry , chemistry , biochemistry
We compared women (n = 22) with alcohol dependence in an in‐patient rehabilitation program at three weeks abstinence with student controls on mood scales and affect variability measured with a visual analogue scale. Patients also completed a measure of attention variability using a Continuous Performance Test. Fourteen of the patients met criteria for a bipolar spectrum disorder. Patients scored higher on mood scales and affect variability measures than controls. High and scared affect variability correlated with attention variability. This suggests that mood/cognitive dysregulation may be a component of alcohol dependence in women.