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Psychol Conscious (Wash D C). 2015 Jun;2(2):144-152. doi: 10.1037/cns0000056.

Initial Development of a Brief Behavioral Economic Assessment of Alcohol Demand.

Psychology of consciousness (Washington, D.C.)

Max M Owens, Cara M Murphy, James MacKillop

Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychology, University of Georgia.
  2. Department of Psychology, University of Georgia; Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University.
  3. Department of Psychology, University of Georgia; Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University; Peer Boris Centre for Addictions Research, McMaster University/St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton.

PMID: 27135038 PMCID: PMC4845629 DOI: 10.1037/cns0000056

Abstract

Due to difficulties with definition and measurement, the role of conscious craving in substance use disorders remains contentious. To address this, behavioral economics is increasingly being used to quantify aspects of an individual's acute motivation to use a substance. Doing so typically involves the use of a purchase task, in which participants make choices about consuming alcohol or other substances at various prices and multiple indices of alcohol demand are generated. However, purchase tasks can be limited by the time required to administer and score them. In the current study, a brief 3-item measure, designed to capture three important indices of demand that are derived from demand curve modeling (intensity, O

Keywords: Alcohol; Behavioral Economics; Craving; Demand; Purchase Task

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