Trial reportPsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2023
The rise and fall of substance use during treatment: Applying recency and expectancy principles to daily substance use patterns.
Trial report in Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Digitally Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drug Use: Meta-Analysis Across Consumption and Psychosocial Outcomes.JMIR mental health · 2026Pooled it
- Improvement in coping skills from culturally-adapted digital CBT for Spanish-speaking Hispanics with substance use disorder: Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Trial
- Comparing content within a culturally-adapted digital treatment for Hispanic patients with alcohol use disorder.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveClinical trials for substance use disorder (SUD) often assess outcomes by aggregating substance use data into weekly proportions. However, daily substance use patterns may reveal how motivation changes during treatment. Neurocognitive principles of recency and expectancy indicate the salience of treatment mechanisms would increase on days proximal to therapy sessions. This study tested whether substance use decreased on days near treatment sessions.
methodBayesian multilevel models were used in a secondary analysis of randomized clinical trial data comparing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), computerized CBT, and treatment as usual during outpatient SUD treatment (
resultsThe models suggested that substance use increased as more days passed after a therapy session (
conclusionsSubstance use patterns during treatment were consistent with recency and expectancy neurocognitive principles. Substance use decreased on days closer to a therapy session, suggesting that treatment mechanisms were more salient on those days. More frequent therapeutic contact and targeted timing of treatment delivery may enhance treatment efficacy. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
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