Abstract
Subjects were randomly assigned to the four cells of the balanced placebo design, with 10 males and 10 females per cell. Following told-alcohol or told-no alcohol beverage instruction manipulations, participants consumed either a vodka-tonic beverage containing a dose of vodka sufficient to induce a peak blood alcohol level of 0.05% or a beverage containing only tonic water. Subjects' self-report ratings of beverage alcohol content indicated that alcohol overrode the effects of beverage instructions in the told-tonic/given-alcohol condition. It was concluded that the design cannot independently evaluate effects of both alcohol and beverage instructions when behaviorally significant alcohol doses are administered.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 963-72 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | International Journal of the Addictions |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 1991 |
| Externally published | Yes |