Trial reportJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2015
Behavioral economic predictors of brief alcohol intervention outcomes.
Trial report in Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05443750 (Digital Motivational Behavioral Economic Intervention to Reduce Risky Drinking Among Community-Dwelling Emerging Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 79 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Digital Motivational Behavioral Economic Intervention to Reduce Risky Drinking Among Community-Dwelling Emerging Adults
Who cites it
79 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 119 citations in OpenAlex.
- Twenty-five years of simulated demand: A bibliometric and systematic review of hypothetical drug purchase tasks.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2026Pooled it
- Motivational interviewing for substance use reduction.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled 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
- The efficacy of Personalized Normative Feedback interventions across addictions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 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
- Measurement of substance-free reinforcement in addiction: A systematic review.Clinical psychology review · 2019Pooled it
- Engagement in alcohol-free activities, community-level economic disadvantage, and heavy drinking following alcohol treatment.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2026Trial
- A pilot randomized controlled trial of Kisoboka, a behavioral economic and motivational interviewing intervention to reduce high-risk alcohol use and improve antiretroviral therapy adherence for men in Uganda.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Trial
- Reinforcer value moderates response magnitude and persistence during extinction: A randomized trial.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2024Trial
- A pilot trial of a brief intervention for cannabis use supplemented with a substance-free activity session or relaxation training.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Trial
- Genetically influenced externalizing and internalizing risk pathways as novel prevention targets.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022Trial
- Motivational interviewing plus behavioral activation for alcohol misuse in college students with ADHD.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Trial
- Alcohol demand moderates brief motivational intervention outcomes in underage young adult drinkers.Addictive behaviors · 2019Trial
- A randomized clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of a brief alcohol intervention supplemented with a substance-free activity session or relaxation training.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2019Trial
- Gimmie the Gummies: Initial validation of the Edibles Marijuana Purchase Task.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Applying the reinforcer pathology model to alcohol use and suicide risk: An initial test.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2026Article
- Alcohol demand and alcohol use disorder among adolescents and young adults who drink heavily: An exploratory analysis including sex differences.Addictive behaviors · 2026Article
- Comparing behavioral economic and internalizing symptom predictors of drinking trajectories over 3 years during emerging adulthood.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2026Article
- Social influence increases the value and consumption of alcohol in the laboratory.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
19 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
objectiveThe present study attempted to determine whether behavioral economic indices of elevated alcohol reward value, measured before and immediately after a brief alcohol intervention, predict treatment response.
methodParticipants were 133 heavy drinking college students (49.6% female, 51.4% male; 64.3% Caucasian, 29.5% African American) who were randomized to 1 of 3 conditions: motivational interviewing plus personalized feedback (brief motivational interventions; BMI), computerized personalized feedback intervention (electronic check-up to go; e-CHUG), and assessment only.
resultsBaseline level of alcohol demand intensity (maximum consumption) significantly predicted drinks per week and alcohol problems at 1-month follow-up and baseline relative discretionary expenditures on alcohol significantly predicted drinks per week and alcohol problems at 6-month follow-up. BMI and e-CHUG were associated with an immediate postsession reduction in alcohol demand (p < .001, ηp2 = .29) that persisted at the 1-month follow-up, with greater postsession reductions in the BMI condition (p = .02, ηp2 = .06). Reductions in demand intensity and Omax (maximum expenditure) immediately postintervention significantly predicted drinking reductions at 1-month follow up (p = .04, ΔR2 = .02, and p = .01, ΔR2 = .03, respectively). Reductions in relative discretionary expenditures on alcohol at 1-month significantly predicted drinking (p = .002, ΔR2 = .06,) and alcohol problem (p < .001, ΔR2 = .13) reductions at the 6-month follow-up.
conclusionsThese results suggest that behavioral economic reward value indices may function as risk factors for poor intervention response and as clinically relevant markers of change in heavy drinkers.
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