Trial reportExperimental and clinical psychopharmacology2014
Behavioral economic measures of alcohol reward value as problem severity indicators in college students.
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- Measurement of substance-free reinforcement in addiction: A systematic review.Clinical psychology review · 2019Pooled it
- Alcohol demand moderates brief motivational intervention outcomes in underage young adult drinkers.Addictive behaviors · 2019Trial
- Behavioral economic predictors of brief alcohol intervention outcomes.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2015Trial
- The Role of Alcohol Expectancies in the Association Between Behavioral Economic Alcohol Demand, Relative Reinforcement, and Alcohol Problems.Journal of drug education · 2025Article
- Prefrontal-Limbic Circuitry Is Associated With Reward Sensitivity in Nonhuman Primates.Biological psychiatry · 2024Article
- Correspondence between the alcohol-P3 event-related potential and alcohol reward phenotypes among young adults.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2024Article
- Associations between alcohol demand, delayed reward discounting, and high-intensity drinking in a diverse emerging adult sample.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Article
- Reliability of an adaptive marijuana purchase task.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Article
- Cannabis Involvement and Demand in Frequent Concentrate Users Versus Predominantly Flower Users.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2023Article
- Can I see some ID? Examining validity of the marijuana purchase task among late adolescent cannabis users.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Article
- A hypothetical lottery task to assess relative resource allocation toward alcohol and cannabis.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2023Article
- Matching, behavioral economics, and teleological behaviorism: Final cause analysis of substance use and health behavior.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2023Article
- Change in alcohol demand following a brief intervention predicts change in alcohol use: A latent growth curve analysis.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Social Network Drinking Feedback is Associated with Use of Protective Behavioral Strategies and Drinking-Related Outcomes in Emerging Adult Risky Drinkers.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2022Article
- The role of reward and reinforcement in understanding alcohol use among adults living with HIV in South Africa.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Article
- Evaluating alcohol demand, craving, and depressive symptoms among women in alcohol treatment.Addictive behaviors · 2020Article
- The Hotel Room Purchase Task: Effects of Gender and Partner Desirability on Demand for Hypothetical Sex in Individuals with Disordered Cocaine Use and Controls.Archives of sexual behavior · 2020Article
- High Opportunity Cost Demand as an Indicator of Weekday Drinking and Distinctly Severe Alcohol Problems: A Behavioral Economic Analysis.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2019Article
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Abstract
The aims of the current study were to examine the associations among behavioral economic measures of alcohol value derived from 3 distinct measurement approaches, and to evaluate their respective relations with traditional indicators of alcohol problem severity in college drinkers. Five behavioral economic metrics were derived from hypothetical demand curves that quantify reward value by plotting consumption and expenditures as a function of price, another metric measured proportional behavioral allocation and enjoyment related to alcohol versus other activities, and a final metric measured relative discretionary expenditures on alcohol (RDEA). The sample included 207 heavy-drinking college students (53% female) who were recruited through an on-campus health center or university courses. Factor analysis revealed that the alcohol valuation construct comprises 2 factors: 1 factor that reflects participants' levels of alcohol price sensitivity (demand persistence), and a second factor that reflects participants' maximum consumption and monetary and behavioral allocation toward alcohol (amplitude of demand). The demand persistence and behavioral allocation metrics demonstrated the strongest and most consistent multivariate relations with alcohol-related problems, even when controlling for other well-established predictors. The results suggest that behavioral economic indices of reward value show meaningful relations with alcohol problem severity in young adults. Despite the presence of some gender differences, these measures appear to be useful problem indicators for men and women.
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