Measurement of substance-free reinforcement in addiction: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: A robust body of theoretical and experimental work highlights the influence of alternative, substance-free rewards on decisions to use alcohol and other drugs. However, translational applications have been limited in part by the lack of consensus on how to measure substance-free reinforcement in applied and clinical settings. The current study summarizes extant research utilizing self-report reinforcement or reward methodologies, and critically reviews the psychometric properties of the available measures. These studies (N = 50) fell into three categories: measures of recent substance-related and substance-free activity participation and enjoyment (n = 32), measures of time or monetary resource allocation (n = 15), and rating scale measures of reward availability and experience (n = 8). Th

SUBMITTER: Acuff SF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6536329 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature