Trial reportAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2013
Temptation to drink as a predictor of drinking outcomes following psychosocial treatment for alcohol dependence.
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- Revisiting the Drinker Inventory of Consequences: An extensive evaluation of psychometric properties in two alcohol clinical trials.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2018Trial
- Alcohol-Adapted Anger Management Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Innovative Therapy for Alcohol Dependence.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2015Trial
- Examining temptation to drink from an existential perspective: Associations among temptation, purpose in life, and drinking outcomes.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2015Trial
- Causes for Treatment Discontinuation in a Greek Public Residential Inpatient Therapeutic Program for Alcohol Use Disorder.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Article
- Constructs derived from the addiction cycle predict alcohol use disorder treatment outcomes and recovery 3 years following treatment.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2023Article
- A mother's bond: An ecological momentary assessment study of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and substance craving during pregnancy.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2020Article
- Evidence for incentive salience sensitization as a pathway to alcohol use disorder.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2019Review
- Flexibly modeling alcohol use disorder risk: How many drinks should we count?Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2019Article
- Alcohol Relapse and Change Needs a Broader View than Counting Drinks.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2017Article
- Motivation to change and posttreatment temptation to drink: a multicenter study among alcohol-dependent patients.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2017Article
- Trajectories of drinking urges and the initiation of abstinence during cognitive-behavioral alcohol treatment.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2016Article
- Trajectories of Drinking Urges During Individual- and Couple-based Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorders.Alcoholism treatment quarterlyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAlcohol craving, defined as the subjective experience of an urge or desire to use alcohol, has been identified in numerous settings as a significant predictor of alcohol use and alcohol relapse following treatment for alcohol use disorders. Yet, numerous limitations to the conceptualization and measurement of drinking temptation have led many researchers to question whether self-reported drinking temptation is a useful construct for evaluating treatments for alcohol use disorders.
methodsSecondary analyses of data from Project MATCH, a multisite randomized clinical trial, were conducted to examine the association between a single-item measure of self-reported "temptation to drink" and drinking outcomes. The first goal was to determine whether temptation to drink changed during the course of treatment for alcohol dependence. The second goal was to assess the predictive validity of temptation to drink, assessed during the fourth session of treatment, as a predictor of past 30-day drinking rates and past 90-day drinking-related consequences at 1 and 3 years following treatment.
resultsThe temptation to drink decreased significantly during treatment, and self-reported temptation to drink during the fourth session of treatment was significantly associated with numerous drinking outcomes (including quantity, frequency, and consequences) at 1 year posttreatment (R = 0.04 to 0.11) and number of drinks per drinking day at 3 years following treatment (R = 0.02). A dichotomous measure of temptation to drink (not at all tempted vs. all other levels of temptation) had greater sensitivity as a predictor of drinking outcomes at 1 and 3 years posttreatment than alternative drinking measures (e.g., any drinking, any heavy drinking days) assessed during treatment.
conclusionsA single-item measure of temptation to drink was a reasonable predictor of short- and long-term drinking outcomes following treatment and comparable to commonly used measures of drinking outcomes for alcohol clinical trials.
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