Non-Alcoholic Beverage Cues as Specific Comparison Images to Alcohol Image Cues.

Background: Visual alcohol cues are often used to elicit craving (e.g., cue-reactivity), and selection of appropriate comparison cues is important to isolate the specific effect of craving for alcohol.

Psychometric evaluation of a standardized set of alcohol cue photographs to assess craving.

Introduction: Research using alcohol-related visual stimuli has been limited due to a lack of published studies examining the psychometric properties of alcohol cues. The primary aim of the current study was to examine the factor structure, validity, and reliability of craving ratings following exposure to alcohol cues (including beer, wine, hard liquor, and mixed drinks) in an alcohol cue-reactivity paradigm.

Methods: U.