Trial reportExperimental and clinical psychopharmacology2015
A randomized controlled trial of a behavioral economic intervention for alcohol and marijuana use.
Trial report in Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Use and effectiveness of behavioural economics in interventions for lifestyle risk factors of non-communicable diseases: a systematic review with policy implications.Perspectives in public health · 2018Pooled it
- 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
- A remote brief intervention plus social media messaging for cannabis use among emerging adults: A pilot randomized controlled trial in emergency department patients.Addictive behaviors · 2023Trial
- A social media intervention for cannabis use among emerging adults: Randomized controlled trial.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Trial
- Piloting a brief intervention plus mobile boosters for drug use among emerging adults receiving emergency department care.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Trial
- 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
- How tax structures for retail cannabis shape cannabis use among youth and young adults: evidence from a volumetric choice experiment.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2026Article
- A behavioral economics substance-free activity session (SFAS) approach to reducing substance use: Narrative review and intervention manual.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Review
- Feasibility and Acceptability of a Novel Behavioral Economic Coaching Session to Address Physical Activity and TV Watching: An Open Pilot Trial.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- A Scoping Review of Interventions for U.S. College Students' Harmful Cannabis Use and a Call for a College Cannabis Intervention Matrix.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2024Article
- Substance Use Motives as Mediators of the Associations between Self-Control Constructs and Negative Substance Use Consequences: A Cross-Cultural Examination.Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.) · 2024Article
- A mobile phone intervention to reduce heavy drinking: a preliminary analysis of anchoring heuristics.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Relative reinforcement from physical activity in real-world environments: a novel application of behavioral economics.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- Integration of motivational interviewing and behavioral economic theories to enhance brief alcohol interventions: Rationale and preliminary examination of client language.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2021Article
- Testing the competing life reinforcers model for substance use in reserve-dwelling First Nation youth.The American journal of orthopsychiatry · 2021Article
- Alcohol Use Disorder Interventions Targeting Brain Sites for Both Conditioned Reward and Delayed Gratification.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2020Review
- Decision Making and Alcohol: Health Policy Implications.Policy insights from the behavioral and brain sciences · 2019Article
- Alcohol family history moderates the association between evening substance-free reinforcement and alcohol problems.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2018Article
- Behavioral Economic Research in Addiction as an Area of Growth for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.Behavior analysis (Washington, D.C.) · 2018Article
- Marijuana use in the context of alcohol interventions for mandated college students.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2017Article
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Abstract
A recent study demonstrated that a single 50-min supplemental session that targeted the behavioral economic mechanisms of substance-free reinforcement and delayed reward discounting (Substance-Free Activity Session: SFAS) enhanced the efficacy of a standard alcohol brief motivational intervention (BMI) for college drinkers. The purpose of the current study was to conduct a randomized controlled trial intended to replicate and extend the aforementioned study by focusing on both drug and alcohol misuse and reducing session length in order to enhance dissemination potential. Participants were 97 college students (58.8% women; 59.8% White/Caucasian, and 30.9% African American; M age = 20.01, SD = 2.23) who reported at least 1 heavy drinking episode in the past month (M = 4.01 episodes). Most participants (62%) reported recent marijuana use (M = 12.22 days of past-month use). After completing a baseline assessment and an individual 30-min alcohol-focused BMI, participants were randomized to either the 30-min SFAS session or an education control session. A series of mixed model intent-to-treat analyses revealed that both groups reported drinking reductions and that participants in the BMI + SFAS group reported fewer days using marijuana at the 6-month follow-up. These results do not support the incremental efficacy of the briefer SFAS for reducing drinking but suggest that it may improve marijuana outcomes. Future research is needed to identify the ideal length and timing of the SFAS supplement to BMIs.
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