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2023 , Vol. 43 >Issue 6: 738 - 746

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2023.06.010

Clinical research

Behavioral and eye movement study of attention bias to alcohol-related cues in male alcohol-dependent patients and correlation analysis of psychological factors

  • Yuqi SI ,
  • Ruyan LUO ,
  • Tianzhen CHEN ,
  • Lihui WANG ,
  • Na ZHONG ,
  • Haifeng JIANG ,
  • Min ZHAO
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  • 1.Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China
    2.Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai 200030, China
    3.Institute of Psychology and Behavioral Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
ZHAO Min, E-mail: drminzhao@smhc.org.cn.

Received date: 2022-11-08

  Accepted date: 2023-04-28

  Online published: 2023-06-28

Supported by

National Nature Science Foundation of China(81771436);Shanghai Sailing Program(20YF1422100);Science and Technology Innovation 2030-Major Project(2022ZD0211100)

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Abstract

Objective ·To investigate if male alcohol-dependent patients have attention bias to alcohol-related pictures, show the behavioral and eye movement characteristics of attention bias, and explore the correlation between attention bias and sleep, anxiety, depression, impulsion and other psychological factors. Methods ·Twenty-nine subjects in the case group (alcohol-dependent patients who were hospitalized in Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, from August 2021 to February 2022) and 29 healthy subjects in the healthy control group participated in the study. The experimental design was a mixed experimental design of three-factor hybrid. The cue types were alcohol-related and emotion pictures. The probe was on the same side or on the opposite side of the alcohol or emotional picture. The characteristics of subjects' attentional bias to alcohol cues were investigated by using the classical dot detection paradigm and eye movement monitoring technique. Groups were inter-group variables, and clue types and relative locations of probe points were intra-group variables. The behavioral and eye movement data were collected while the study subjects viewed pairs of alcohol-related and neutral pictures, or pairs of emotional and neutral pictures in a dot-probe paradigm. Dependent variables included behavioral indicators and eye movement indicators. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), 7-tiem Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), Patien Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), and Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) scales were used to assess psychosomatic conditions such as sleep, anxiety, depression, and impulsivity, respectively. Behavioral and eye movement characteristics of attention bias in the alcohol-dependent group were analyzed. In addition, the correlation with behavioral and eye movement characteristics of attention bias and scale scores was analyzed. Results ·The behavioral results showed that the reaction time of the alcohol-dependent group was significantly longer than that of the healthy control group (P=0.006). The eye movement results showed that when the type of cue was alcohol-related picture, the alcohol-dependent group had slower attention detection (P=0.031) and longer attention maintenance (P=0.005) on alcohol-related cues. Moreover, the pupil size during the viewing of alcohol-related cues (P=0.001) and emotional cues (P=0.008) were significantly smaller than those of the healthy control group. It was also found that, there was a negative correlation between the correct rate of the alcohol-dependent group and the BIS-11 scale score (r=-0.437, P=0.032), and a positive correlation between reaction time and GAD-7 score (r=0.407, P=0.033). The time of the first visual fixation entry was positively correlated with GAD-7 score (r=0.414, P=0.045), and the PSQI score was positively correlated with PHQ-9 score (r=0.422, P=0.041) in the case group. Conclusion ·Alcohol-dependent patients have attention bias towards alcohol-related cues according to the behavioral and eye movement result. Compared with the traditional behavioral regression of attention bias based on correct rate and reaction time results, eye movement provides more direct and multi indicator evidence for the evaluation of attention bias in alcohol-dependent patients.

Key words： alcohol dependence; attention bias; dot-probe; eye movement

Cite this article

Yuqi SI , Ruyan LUO , Tianzhen CHEN , Lihui WANG , Na ZHONG , Haifeng JIANG , Min ZHAO . Behavioral and eye movement study of attention bias to alcohol-related cues in male alcohol-dependent patients and correlation analysis of psychological factors[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Medical Science), 2023 , 43(6) : 738 -746 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2023.06.010

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