Observational studyAddiction (Abingdon, England)2016
Behavioral economic indicators of drinking problem severity and initial outcomes among problem drinkers attempting natural recovery: a cross-sectional naturalistic study.
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- 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
- Alcohol demand moderates brief motivational intervention outcomes in underage young adult drinkers.Addictive behaviors · 2019Trial
- Comparing current veterans affairs contingency management incentive structures against common alternatives on intentions to abstain from alcohol among veterans.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Toward a Predictive Model of Success in Contingency Management: A Proof of Concept Study Utilizing Behavioral Economic, Clinical Severity, and Alcohol Use Severity Measures.The Psychological record · 2026Article
- Use of preexposure prophylaxis and condom purchasing decisions.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2024Article
- 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
- Getting high to cope with COVID-19: Modelling the associations between cannabis demand, coping motives, and cannabis use and problems.Addictive behaviors · 2022Article
- Psychometric evaluation of the Reward Probability Index in emerging adult drinkers.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Article
- Behavioral economic indicators of risky drinking among community-dwelling emerging adults.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Article
- Alcohol demand assessed daily: Validity, variability, and the influence of drinking-related consequences.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Article
- Assessing Cannabis Demand: A Comprehensive Review of the Marijuana Purchase Task.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2020Review
- Behavioral economic demand assessments in the addictions.Current opinion in psychology · 2019Review
- Applying behavioral economic theory to problematic Internet use: An initial investigation.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2018Article
- Prospective Analysis of Behavioral Economic Predictors of Stable Moderation Drinking Among Problem Drinkers Attempting Natural Recovery.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2016Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsResearch using different behavioral economic (BE) and time perspective (TP) measures suggests that substance misusers show greater sensitivity to shorter-term contingencies than normal controls, but multiple measures have seldom been investigated together. This study evaluated the extent to which multiple BE and TP measures were associated with drinking problem severity, distinguished initial outcomes of natural recovery attempts and shared common variance. Hypotheses were (1) that greater problem severity would be associated with greater impulsivity and demand for alcohol and shorter TPs; and (2) that low-risk drinking would be associated with greater sensitivity to longer-term contingencies compared with abstinence.
designCross-sectional naturalistic field study.
settingSouthern United States.
participantsProblem drinkers, recently resolved without treatment [n = 191 (76.44% male), mean age = 50.09 years] recruited using media advertisements. MEASUREMENTS: Drinking practices, dependence levels and alcohol-related problems prior to stopping problem drinking were assessed during structured field interviews. Measures included the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory; BE analogue choice tasks [delay discounting (DD), melioration-maximization (MM), alcohol purchase task (APT)]; and the Alcohol-Savings Discretionary Expenditure (ASDE) index, derived from real spending on alcohol and voluntary savings during the year before problem cessation.
findingsMeasures of demand based on real (ASDE) and hypothetical (APT) spending on alcohol were associated with problem severity (Ps < 0.05), but DD, MM and TP measures were not. More balanced pre-resolution spending on alcohol versus saving for the future distinguished low-risk drinking from abstinent resolutions (ASDE odds ratio =5.59; P < 0.001). BE measures did not share common variance.
conclusionsTwo behavioral assessment tools that measure spending on alcohol, the Alcohol Purchase Task and the Alcohol-Savings Discretionary Expenditure index, appear to be reliable in assessing the severity of drinking problems. The ASDE index also may aid choices between low-risk and abstinent drinking goals.
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