Using crowdsourcing to examine behavioral economic measures of alcohol value and proportionate alcohol reinforcement.

ABSTRACT: Online crowdsourcing websites such as Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) are increasingly being used in addictions research. However, there is a relative paucity of such research examining the validity of administering behavioral economic alcohol-related measures, via an online crowdsourcing platform. This study sought to validate an alcohol purchase task (APT) for assessing demand and a questionnaire measure of proportionate alcohol reinforcement, using an online sample of participants recruited via MTurk. Participants (N = 865, 59% female) were recruited via MTurk to complete the APT, proportionate alcohol reinforcement questionnaire, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), and demographics. Responses on the APT were highly systematic (<3% nonsystematic data) and conformed to pr

SUBMITTER: Morris V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5546925 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature