Trial reportJournal of studies on alcohol and drugs2012
Effects of interactive voice response self-monitoring on natural resolution of drinking problems: utilization and behavioral economic factors.
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- Telephone-based self-change modules help stabilize early natural recovery in problem drinkers.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2013Trial
- Predictors of utilization of an IVR self-monitoring program by problem drinkers with recent natural resolutions.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2012Trial
- Community characteristics and substance-free activity and service access predict membership in alcohol use disorder risk profiles.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025Article
- A behavioral choice analysis of the role of life events during early nonabstinent natural recovery from alcohol use disorder.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Behavioral economics of substance use: Understanding and reducing harmful use during the COVID-19 pandemic.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2021Article
- Shifts in behavioral allocation patterns as a natural recovery mechanism: Postresolution expenditure patterns.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
- Integration of motivational interviewing and behavioral economic theories to enhance brief alcohol interventions: Rationale and preliminary examination of client language.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2021Article
- Preresolution Drinking Problem Severity Profiles Associated with Stable Moderation Outcomes of Natural Recovery Attempts.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2020Article
- Timeline Followback Self-Reports Underestimate Alcohol Use Prior to Successful Contingency Management Treatment.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2019Article
- Utilization, receptivity and reactivity to Interactive Voice Response daily monitoring in risky drinking smokers who are motivated to quit.Tobacco induced diseases · 2018Article
- Prospective Analysis of Behavioral Economic Predictors of Stable Moderation Drinking Among Problem Drinkers Attempting Natural Recovery.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2016Article
- The behavioral economics of young adult substance abuse.Preventive medicine · 2016Article
- Behavioral economic indicators of drinking problem severity and initial outcomes among problem drinkers attempting natural recovery: a cross-sectional naturalistic study.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2016Observational
- Some current dimensions of the behavioral economics of health-related behavior change.Preventive medicine · 2016Article
- The Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics of Alcohol Use Disorders.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2016Review
- Recommendations for the Design and Analysis of Treatment Trials for Alcohol Use Disorders.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2015Review
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Abstract
objectiveMost problem drinkers do not seek help, and many recover on their own. A randomized controlled trial evaluated whether supportive interactive voice response (IVR) self-monitoring facilitated such "natural" resolutions. Based on behavioral economics, effects on drinking outcomes were hypothesized to vary with drinkers' baseline "time horizons," reflecting preferences among commodities of different value available over different delays and with their IVR utilization.
methodRecently resolved untreated problem drinkers were randomized to a 24-week IVR self-monitoring program (n = 87) or an assessment-only control condition (n = 98). Baseline interviews assessed outcome predictors including behavioral economic measures of reward preferences (delay discounting, pre-resolution monetary allocation to alcohol vs. savings). Six-month outcomes were categorized as resolved abstinent, resolved nonabstinent, unresolved, or missing. Complier average causal effect (CACE) models examined IVR self-monitoring effects.
resultsIVR self-monitoring compliers (≥70% scheduled calls completed) were older and had greater pre-resolution drinking control and lower discounting than noncompliers (<70%). A CACE model interaction showed that observed compliers in the IVR group with shorter time horizons (expressed by greater pre-resolution spending on alcohol than savings) were more likely to attain moderation than abstinent resolutions compared with predicted compliers in the control group with shorter time horizons and with all noncompliers. Intention-to-treat analytical models revealed no IVR-related effects. More balanced spending on savings versus alcohol predicted moderation in both approaches.
conclusionsIVR interventions should consider factors affecting IVR utilization and drinking outcomes, including person-specific behavioral economic variables. CACE models provide tools to evaluate interventions involving extended participation.
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