Gaining a better grasp on factors related to changes in alcohol use is of particular interest for
clinicians. Past research has highlighted a negative link between future time perspective (ie …

Time perspective is an individual difference variable which assesses the extent to which
orientation to the past, present and future affects current behaviors. The present study …

Background Episodic future thinking (EFT) requires an individual to vividly pre‐experience a
realistic future event. Inspired by previous reports of reducing delay discounting following …

Objectives Trajectories of change accompanying alcohol‐specialized care can be affected
by numerous variables. Massive urges to drink can substantially hamper personal …

Background: Heavy alcohol consumption is associated with significant morbidity and
mortality. Levels of alcohol consumption among students and young people are particularly …

Earlier initiation into more problematic drinking behaviour has been found to be associated
with more problematic drinking later in life. Research has suggested that a lower future time …

Objective: The combination of the high prevalence of problematic substance use and
substance use disorders (SUD) with the low rates of spontaneous remission continues to …

Individuals with addictive disorders commonly exhibit a shortened temporal window
(shortened period of time an individual can imagine into their own future), which interferes …

Future time perspective (FTP) is a measure of an individual's ability to conceptualise the
future which has been shown to be foreshortened in drug addicts. We studied 100 opiate …

Reinforcer Pathology theory proposes that expanding the temporal window of reinforcement
(ie, reducing delay discounting) using episodic future thinking (EFT) would decrease alcohol …