Background and aims An early meta‐analysis testing the concurrent validity of the Alcohol
Purchase Task (APT), a measure of alcohol's relative reinforcing value, reported mixed …

Delay discounting—the extent to which individuals show a preference for smaller immediate
rewards over larger delayed rewards—has been proposed as a transdiagnostic …

Rates of return to use in addiction treatment remain high. We argue that the development of
improved treatment options will require advanced understanding of individual heterogeneity …

Objective: Behavioral economic theory suggests that alcohol risk is related to elevated
alcohol reinforcing efficacy (demand) combined with diminished availability of reinforcing …

Background: Whereas the increased use of substances in sexual and gender minority
(SGM) samples has been well documented, further person-centered analyses are necessary …

Introduction Delay discounting (DD) and self-regulation are important predictors of
substance use disorder (SUD) outcomes. Further, regulatory flexibility (RF; ie, selecting …

Previous research has shown that (ACEs) are associated with negative health outcomes,
including depression, problematic alcohol use, and disordered patterns of overeating …

The high-intensity drinking threshold (HID; 8+/10+ drinks for women/men) is more strongly
associated with significant alcohol-related health consequences than the more common …

Objectives: Clinical heterogeneity among patients in addiction treatment settings represents
a challenge as most of the treatment programs are designed to treat substance use …

Delay discounting (DD) refers to the tendency to devalue an outcome as a function of its
delay. Most contemporary human DD research uses hypothetical money to assess …