Food craving is a transdiagnostic process underlying clinically significant disordered eating
behaviors and eating disorder diagnoses. However, the lack of literature examining the role …

The current project sought to examine the psychometric properties of a personality based
measure (Substance Use Risk Profile Scale; SURPS: introversion-hopelessness, anxiety …

Alcohol dependence is characterized by conflict between approach and avoidance
motivational orientations for alcohol that operate in automatic and controlled processes. This …

Background Bipolar disorder (BD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) commonly co-occur and
their interplay is influenced by several factors. Alexithymia is connected to BD and AUD; …

Objective: Interest in studying mechanisms of behavior change (MOBCs) in substance use
disorder (SUD) treatments has grown considerably in the past two decades. Much of this …

Accumulating evidence from both cross-sectional and cue-reactivity studies supports the
application of the Ambivalence Model of Craving (AMC) from the substance use literature to …

Objective: Craving has been defined as intense desires or urges to consume alcohol and is
considered predictive of future drinking and relapse. Despite this assumption, research on …

Background The current study aimed to contribute to the understanding of the session to
session relationship between craving and drinking during the course of treatment via the …

Despite revisions to the DSM–5, current diagnostic criteria poorly capture the phenomena of
eating disorders. The construct of food craving may help to explain the range of disordered …

Background Craving and negative affect are distressing and commonly experienced during
alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment. Patients may assume that initiating abstinence will …