Trajectories of reward availability moderate the impact of brief alcohol interventions on alcohol severity in heavy-drinking young adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Behavioral economic theory predicts that low access to environmental reward is a risk factor for alcohol use disorder (AUD). The Substance-Free Activity Session (SFAS) is a behavioral economic supplement to standard brief alcohol interventions that attempts to increase environmental reward and may therefore have beneficial effects, particularly for individuals with low levels of environmental reward.

Methods

Participants were 393 college students who reported at least 2 heavy-drinking episodes in the past month. Participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions following a baseline assessment: a standard alcohol-focused brief motivational intervention plus relaxation training session (BMI + RT), BMI plus Substance-Free Activity Session (BMI + SFAS), or an a

SUBMITTER: Murphy JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8602719 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature