Mahoney, Benjamin James (2012) Investigating South Korean drinking: genetics, personality and cultural influences on alcohol expectancy. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

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Abstract

Long-term, high levels of exposure to ethanol is believed to lead to a hypersensitive mesolimbic dopamine system. This has been, in part, demonstrated through increased neural activity being observed in heavy drinkers' reward pathways following the presentation of alcohol-related stimuli. This anticipatory reaction to alcohol associates is believed to represent an expectation of a drinking event. Alcohol expectancy, as it is known, is said to facilitate both conscious and subconscious cravings for alcohol, where heavy drinkers covertly exposed to alcohol-related stimuli are reported to drink more than those who have not been exposed.

Item ID:	75454
Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Keywords:	alcohol, drinking, expectancy, South Korea, free association, ALDH2*2
Related URLs:	https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/19220/
Copyright Information:	Copyright © 2012 Benjamin James Mahoney.
Additional Information:	One publication arising from this thesis is stored in ResearchOnline@JCU, at the time of processing. Please see the Related URLs. The publication is: Chapter 2: Mahoney, Benjamin J., Graham, Deborah, Cottrell, David, and Kim, Kyung-Yong (2012) South Korean alcohol free associations: negative expectancy not predicting drinks per occasion. Drug and Alcohol Review, 31 (4). pp. 469-476.
Date Deposited:	11 Jul 2022 23:39
FoR Codes:	52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5203 Clinical and health psychology > 520399 Clinical and health psychology not elsewhere classified @ 100%
SEO Codes:	20 HEALTH > 2004 Public health (excl. specific population health) > 200409 Mental health @ 50% 20 HEALTH > 2004 Public health (excl. specific population health) > 200413 Substance abuse @ 50%
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