ReviewJournal of the experimental analysis of behavior2015
Delay discounting and the use of mindful attention versus distraction in the treatment of drug addiction: a conceptual review.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Behavioral trainings and manipulations to reduce delay discounting: A systematic review.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2019Pooled it
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- Prevalence of substance use disorders and associations with mindfulness, impulsive personality traits and psychopathological symptoms in a representative sample of adolescents in Germany.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Mechanisms of impulsive choice: Experiments to explore and models to map the empirical terrain.Learning & behavior · 2023Review
- End User Participation in the Development of an Ecological Momentary Intervention to Improve Coping With Cannabis Cravings: Formative Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Effects of substance use on monetary delay discounting among people who use stimulants with and without HIV: An ecological momentary assessment study.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2022Article
- The SEEKING Drive and Its Fixation: A Neuro-Psycho-Evolutionary Approach to the Pathology of Addiction.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Review
- Relationships between Driver Errors and Delay Discounting in a Simulated Driving Task.Perspectives on behavior science · 2020Article
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- Cognitive and behavioral training interventions to promote self-control.Journal of experimental psychology. Animal learning and cognition · 2019Review
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- Tobacco demand, delay discounting, and smoking topography among smokers with and without psychopathology.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2017Article
- Texting while driving as impulsive choice: A behavioral economic analysis.Accident; analysis and prevention · 2015Article
- Impulsive delayed reward discounting as a genetically-influenced target for drug abuse prevention: a critical evaluation.Frontiers in psychology · 2015Review
- Distraction Reduces Alcohol Craving: A Replication and Extension Exploring Trait Absorption and Mindfulness.Substance use : research and treatmentArticle
- Novel, Neuroscience-Informed Approaches to Trauma Care in Community Clinical Settings.Missouri medicineArticle
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Abstract
In recent decades, researchers have integrated measurements of delay discounting, how the subjective valuation of a reward changes as a function of time, into their study of addiction. Research has begun to explore the idea that delay discounting may serve as both a marker for the effectiveness of existing treatments for addiction and a potential target for novel intervention strategies. As this work is in its infancy, many potentially significant connections between the construct of delay discounting and the treatment of addiction have yet to be explored. Here, we present a conceptual review highlighting novel points of intersection between delay discounting and two approaches to treating addiction that have become increasingly popular in recent years: those that focus on the development of mindfulness skills and those that emphasize the use of distraction techniques. Viewing these two techniques through the lens of delay discounting is particularly intriguing because of the very different way that they address the experience of drug cravings in the present moment (nonjudgmentally attending to vs. shifting attention away from subjective cravings, respectively). We propose that these opposing strategies for dealing with cravings may interact with delay discounting in ways that have important implications for treatment effectiveness.
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