Trial reportAddiction (Abingdon, England)2015
Increased behavioral economic demand and craving for alcohol following a laboratory alcohol challenge.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of alcohol priming on craving and motivation to drink: a meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Pooled it
- Concurrent validity of the Alcohol Purchase Task for measuring the reinforcing efficacy of alcohol: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2021Pooled it
- Experimental manipulations of behavioral economic demand for addictive commodities: a meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2020Pooled it
- Sensitivity of hypothetical purchase task indices when studying substance use: A systematic literature review.Preventive medicine · 2019Pooled it
- The Blinded-Dose Purchase Task: assessing hypothetical demand based on cocaine, methamphetamine, and alcohol administration.Psychopharmacology · 2023Trial
- A deeper insight into how GABA-B receptor agonism via baclofen may affect alcohol seeking and consumption: lessons learned from a human laboratory investigation.Molecular psychiatry · 2021Trial
- Influence of n-acetylcysteine maintenance on the pharmacodynamic effects of oral ethanol.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2020Trial
- Explicit Attitudes, Working Memory Capacity, and Driving After Drinking.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2018Trial
- Daily assessments of behavioral economic indices and drinking among rural-residing adults with at-risk drinking.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2026Article
- Hypothetical food purchase tasks and eating behavior: A systematized review and future directions.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2026Review
- Effects of visual exposure to natural (vs. Built) environments on delay discounting and demand for substances: Preliminary evidence and future directions.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Mechanisms explaining links between early-episode alcohol craving and subsequent drinking during naturally occurring drinking episodes.Psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Using behavioral economics to understand reinforcement mechanisms of loss-of-control eating: An ecological momentary assessment approach.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2025Article
- Taking pleasure seriously: Should alcohol research say more about fun?Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Article
- Naturalistic substance use before/during MTurk research participation is associated with increased substance demand and craving.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2025Article
- High in the Cloud: Alcohol-, Cannabis-, and Co-Use Before and During Remote Research Participation.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- Utility of a brief measure of cannabis demand: Day-level associations with cannabis use.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
- Cannabis demand and use among veterans: A prospective examination.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2023Article
- Alcohol cues increase behavioral economic demand and craving for alcohol in nontreatment-seeking and treatment-seeking heavy drinkers.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
- Why get high? Coping and enjoyment motives mediate elevated cannabis demand and cannabis-related outcomes.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2023Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsAlthough increases in subjective alcohol craving have been observed following moderate doses of alcohol (e.g. priming effects), the effects of alcohol consumption on behavioral economic demand for alcohol are largely unstudied. This study examined the effects of alcohol intoxication on alcohol demand and craving.
designA between-subjects design in which participants were randomly assigned to either an alcohol (n = 31), placebo (n = 29) or control (n = 25) condition.
settingA laboratory setting at the University of Missouri, USA.
participantsEighty-five young adult moderate drinkers were recruited from the University of Missouri and surrounding community. MEASUREMENTS: Change in demand for alcohol across time was measured using three single items: alcohol consumption at no cost (i.e. intensity), maximum price paid for a single drink (i.e. breakpoint) and total amount spent on alcohol (i.e. Omax). Alcohol demand at baseline was also assessed using an alcohol purchase task (APT). Craving was assessed using a single visual analog scale item.
findingsIn the alcohol group compared with the combined non-alcohol groups, intensity, breakpoint and craving increased from baseline to the ascending limb and decreased thereafter (Ps < 0.05; Omax , P = 0.06). Change in craving following alcohol consumption was significantly associated with change in each of the demand indices (Ps < 0.0001). Finally, the demand single items were associated with corresponding indices from the APT (Ps < 0.05).
conclusionsAlcohol demand increases following intoxication, in terms of both the maximum amount people are willing to pay for one drink and the number of drinks people would consume if drinks were free. Behavioral economic measures of alcohol value can complement subjective craving as measures of moment-to-moment fluctuations in drinking motivation following intoxication.
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