Change in delay discounting and substance reward value following a brief alcohol and drug use intervention

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 125-140

  Dennhardt, Ashley A ^a   Yurasek, Ali M ^a   Murphy, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol reward value; Alcohol use; Behavioral economics; Brief interventions; College students; Delay discounting; Marijuana use

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; DELAY DISCOUNTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ALCOHOLISM; DELAY DISCOUNTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REWARD; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921053843     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: 19383711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jeab.121     Document Type: Article

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