SynthesisPsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2024
Imagining the future can shape the present: A systematic review of the impact of episodic future thinking on substance use outcomes.
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- Using episodic future thinking (or not?) to optimize decision-making.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2026Review
- Retrospectively reported childhood ADHD symptoms and addiction severity in emerging adults with substance use disorders: cross-sectional indirect associations through time perspective.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- It will be worth it, in the end: a model of naturalistic intertemporal choice.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Episodic future thinking modulates delay discounting in individuals with problematic substance use: a narrative review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Bringing future thinking into focus in psychopathology.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2025Article
- The future seen: Does episodic future thinking influence health decision-making in adolescents?International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
- Perceptions and effectiveness of episodic future thinking as digital micro-interventions based on mobile health technology.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe combination of the high prevalence of problematic substance use and substance use disorders (SUD) with the low rates of spontaneous remission continues to generate interest in the development of novel and efficacious interventions. Theoretically, episodic future thinking (EFT) is capable of targeting various underlying psychological and neurobiological substrates of SUD by traversing various research domain criteria systems.
methodThe systematic review examines EFT as a potentially efficacious intervention for problematic substance use and SUD. The review follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. We examined 46 full-text studies (from 1,238 total records obtained from APA PsycInfo and Pubmed databases and reference list search), which yielded a final sample of 16 studies.
resultsThe studies showed heterogeneity in their risk of bias, EFT protocols, and control conditions. Overall, EFT showed benefits in reducing self-reported or task-based substance use-related outcomes.
conclusionsFuture research directions include establishing the feasibility of EFT, examining the generalizability in decreasing real-world substance use, identifying mediators and moderators of EFT outcomes, and determining the sustainability of EFT effects over time. EFT has high potential for dissemination. Limitations and potential for future research are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
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