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ArticleAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2012

Is talk "cheap"? An initial investigation of the equivalence of alcohol purchase task performance for hypothetical and actual rewards.

Michael T Amlung, John Acker, Monika K Stojek, James G Murphy, James MacKillop

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Article in Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 131 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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131 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 264 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael T AmlungDepartment of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.
John Acker
Monika K Stojek
James G Murphy
James MacKillop
University of Memphis · USUniversity of Georgia · US

Funding

Enhancing Alcoholism Pharmacotherapy Research via Behavioral EconomicsK23AA016936 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI MACKILLOP, JAMES · 2008 to 2012
$805k
NIAAA NIH HHS K23 AA016936NIAAA NIH HHS L30 AA015836
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBehavioral economic alcohol purchase tasks (APTs) are self-report measures of alcohol demand that assess estimated consumption at escalating levels of price. However, the relationship between estimated performance for hypothetical outcomes and choices for actual outcomes has not been determined. The present study examined both the correspondence between choices for hypothetical and actual outcomes, and the correspondence between estimated alcohol consumption and actual drinking behavior. A collateral goal of the study was to examine the effects of alcohol cues on APT performance.

methodsForty-one heavy-drinking adults (56% men) participated in a human laboratory protocol comprising APTs for hypothetical and actual alcohol and money, an alcohol cue reactivity paradigm, an alcohol self-administration period, and a recovery period.

resultsPearson correlations revealed very high correspondence between APT performance for hypothetical and actual alcohol (ps < 0.001). Estimated consumption on the APT was similarly strongly associated with actual consumption during the self-administration period (r = 0.87, p < 0.001). Exposure to alcohol cues significantly increased subjective craving and arousal and had a trend-level effect on intensity of demand, in spite of notable ceiling effects. Associations among motivational indices were highly variable, suggesting multidimensionality.

conclusionsThese results suggest there may be close correspondence both between value preferences for hypothetical alcohol and actual alcohol, and between estimated consumption and actual consumption. Methodological considerations and priorities for future studies are discussed.

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RewardAffectAlcohol DrinkingAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholismAlgorithmsBlood PressureCommerceCuesData Interpretation, StatisticalDecision MakingFemaleHeart RateHumansMaleMotivation

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PMCPMC3266442
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