Drug Stroop performance: Relationships with primary substance of use and treatment outcome in a drug-dependent outpatient sample Export

@article{citeulike:441047, abstract = {A modified Stroop protocol was administered to a sample of 80 dependent drug users (62 males, 18 females) prior to beginning a time-limited outpatient treatment study combining pharmacotherapy and cognitive-behavioral coping skills therapy for cocaine, marijuana, or heroin dependence. Results indicated that cocaine-dependent participants responded more slowly than marijuana-dependent participants to all stimulus words. Cocaine words yielded slower reaction times than neutral words across all treatment groups. The heroin- and cocaine-dependent groups' overall performance did not differ. There was no treatment group by drug word interaction. For cocaine-dependent participants, Stroop performance in the presence of cocaine stimuli was associated with worse treatment outcome. In conclusion, Stroop performance may have prognostic utility among drug-dependent patients in a cognitive-behavioral coping skills intervention and may highlight the mechanisms associated with changing substance use in this treatment modality.}, author = {Carpenter, Kenneth M. and Schreiber, Elizabeth and Church, Sarah and Mcdowell, David}, citeulike-article-id = {441047}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.04.012}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VC9-4G7GFXJ-2/2/909bf87e678176ae37791faa8beb60b8}, doi = {10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.04.012}, journal = {Addictive Behaviors}, keywords = {abuse, adolescent, neurocognition, substance}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {174--181}, posted-at = {2005-12-18 16:20:15}, priority = {3}, title = {Drug Stroop performance: Relationships with primary substance of use and treatment outcome in a drug-dependent outpatient sample}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.04.012}, volume = {31}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:441047 L3 - citeulike-article-id:441047 N2 - A modified Stroop protocol was administered to a sample of 80 dependent drug users (62 males, 18 females) prior to beginning a time-limited outpatient treatment study combining pharmacotherapy and cognitive-behavioral coping skills therapy for cocaine, marijuana, or heroin dependence. Results indicated that cocaine-dependent participants responded more slowly than marijuana-dependent participants to all stimulus words. Cocaine words yielded slower reaction times than neutral words across all treatment groups. The heroin- and cocaine-dependent groups' overall performance did not differ. There was no treatment group by drug word interaction. For cocaine-dependent participants, Stroop performance in the presence of cocaine stimuli was associated with worse treatment outcome. In conclusion, Stroop performance may have prognostic utility among drug-dependent patients in a cognitive-behavioral coping skills intervention and may highlight the mechanisms associated with changing substance use in this treatment modality. IS - 1 JF - Addictive Behaviors EP - 181 TI - Drug Stroop performance: Relationships with primary substance of use and treatment outcome in a drug-dependent outpatient sample VL - 31 SP - 174 KW - abuse KW - adolescent KW - neurocognition KW - substance AU - Carpenter, Kenneth AU - Schreiber, Elizabeth AU - Church, Sarah AU - Mcdowell, David PY - 2006/01// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.04.012 ER -