The behavioral economics of reinforcement pathologies: Novel approaches to addictive disorders.

Bickel, Warren K.; Jarmolowicz, David P.; MacKillop, James; Epstein, Leonard H.; Carr, Katelyn A.; Mueller, E. Terry; Waltz, Thomas J.

doi:10.1037/13750-014

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“…Excessive delay discounting and persistently inelastic demand, together, can be theoretically characterized as core parts of what is discussed below as reinforcement pathology, a trans-disease process that underpins clinical states like addiction and obesity, and their associated increases in risk for chronic disease and premature death (Bickel et al, 2012b; Bickel et al, 2014d; Carr et al, 2011). …”

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Some current dimensions of the behavioral economics of health-related behavior change

Bickel

Moody

Higgins

2016

Preventive Medicine

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Health-related behaviors such as tobacco, alcohol and other substance use, poor diet and physical inactivity, and risky sexual practices are important targets for research and intervention. Health-related behaviors are especially pertinent targets in the United States, which lags behind most other developed nations on common markers of population health. In this essay we examine the application of behavioral economics, a scientific discipline that represents the intersection of economics and psychology, to the study and promotion of health-related behavior change. More specifically, we review what we consider to be some core dimensions of this discipline when applied to the study health-related behavior change. Behavioral economics (1) provides novel conceptual systems to inform scientific understanding of health behaviors, (2) translates scientific understanding into practical and effective behavior-change interventions, (3) leverages varied aspects of behavior change beyond increases or decreases in frequency, (4) recognizes and exploits trans-disease processes and interventions, and (5) leverages technology in efforts to maximize efficacy, cost effectiveness, and reach. These dimensions are overviewed and their implications for the future of the field discussed.

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Some current dimensions of the behavioral economics of health-related behavior change

Bickel

Moody

Higgins

2016

Preventive Medicine

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“…People suffering from impulse control disorders such as drug addiction, pathological gambling, and, debatably, obesity, tend to discount delayed rewards more rapidly than controls, including both rewards related to addictive substances as well as monetary rewards. (Bickel et al, 2012b; Bickel et al, 2012c; MacKillop et al, 2012). …”

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Robust relation between temporal discounting rates and body mass

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Objective When given the choice between $100 today and $110 in one week, certain people are more likely to choose the immediate, yet smaller reward. The present study examined the relations between temporal discounting rate and body mass while accounting for important demographic variables, depressive symptoms, and behavioral inhibition and approach. Methods After having their heights and weights measured, 100 healthy adults completed the Monetary Choice Questionnaire, the Beck Depression Inventory-II, and the Behavioral Inhibition Scale/Behavioral Approach Scale. Results Overweight and obese participants exhibited higher temporal discounting rates than underweight and healthy weight participants. Temporal discounting rates decreased as the magnitude of the delayed reward increased, even when other variables known to impact temporal discounting rate (i.e., age, education level, and annual household income) were used as covariates. Conclusion A higher body mass was strongly related to choosing a more immediate monetary reward. Additional research is needed to determine whether consideration-of-future-consequences interventions, or perhaps cognitive control interventions, could be effective in obesity intervention or prevention programs.

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“…These approaches to understanding individual differences in alcohol reward value have the potential to advance BE models of addiction (Bickel et al, 2012; Stanger, Budney, & Bickel, 2012; Vuchinich & Heather, 2003) and might also increase understanding of the nature of incipient alcohol problems in heavy drinking young adults who are at high risk of developing future alcohol use disorders (AUDs; O’Neill & Sher, 2000; Vik, Carrello, Tate, & Field, 2000). …”

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Behavioral economic measures of alcohol reward value as problem severity indicators in college students.

Skidmore¹,

Murphy²,

Martens³

2014

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

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The aims of the current study were to examine the associations among behavioral economic measures of alcohol value derived from three distinct measurement approaches, and to evaluate their respective relations with traditional indicators of alcohol problem severity in college drinkers. Five behavioral economic metrics were derived from hypothetical demand curves that quantify reward value by plotting consumption and expenditures as a function of price, another metric measured proportional behavioral allocation and enjoyment related to alcohol versus other activities, and a final metric measured relative discretionary expenditures on alcohol. The sample included 207 heavy drinking college students (53% female) who were recruited through an on-campus health center or university courses. Factor analysis revealed that the alcohol valuation construct comprises two factors: one factor that reflects participants’ levels of alcohol price sensitivity (demand persistence), and a second factor that reflects participants’ maximum consumption and monetary and behavioral allocation towards alcohol (amplitude of demand). The demand persistence and behavioral allocation metrics demonstrated the strongest and most consistent multivariate relations with alcohol-related problems, even when controlling for other well-established predictors. The results suggest that behavioral economic indices of reward value show meaningful relations with alcohol problem severity in young adults. Despite the presence of some gender differences, these measures appear to be useful problem indicators for men and women.

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The behavioral economics of reinforcement pathologies: Novel approaches to addictive disorders.

Abstract: You do it to yourself, you do And that ' s what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself Just you, you and no one else You do it to yourself You do it to yourself . . . yourself . . . yourself . . .

Cited by 27 publications

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Some current dimensions of the behavioral economics of health-related behavior change

Some current dimensions of the behavioral economics of health-related behavior change

Robust relation between temporal discounting rates and body mass

Behavioral economic measures of alcohol reward value as problem severity indicators in college students.

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