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Episodic Future Thinking: Expansion of the Temporal Window in Individuals with Alcohol Dependence
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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 EFT in other populations, we examined the effects of engaging alcohol-dependent individuals in EFT or episodic recent thinking (ERT; control) to examine its effects on delay discounting and alcohol purchasing. METHODS: Participants (n = 50) with alcohol dependence were allocated into EFT or ERT groups and asked to generate positive future or recent past events for each of 5 time points. Participants then completed a delay-discounting task, during which event cues were displayed, and a hypothetical alcohol purchase task. RESULTS: EFT significantly increased valuation of future monetary rewards, while decreasing initial consumption (Q0 ) of alcoholic drinks indicative of lower demand intensity. Two additional findings suggest potential moderators of this effect. EFT more readily influenced individuals with lower Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test scores, and self-reported cue valence differed between groups. CONCLUSIONS: Together, these results suggest a widening of alcohol-dependent individuals' temporal window following engagement of EFT. While our data suggest that EFT may be moderated by certain susceptibility criteria, exercises such as EFT could be easily adaptable as a potential therapeutic tool for use in rehabilitation programs.
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“Analogous effects have been observed on consumption of hypothetical alcoholic drinks in individuals with alcohol dependency problems (74)”
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“EFT has previously been shown to decrease DD in individuals with alcholol use disorder [32], smokers [33], as well as normal weight, overweight, and obese populations [34,35].”
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“Consistent with the reinforcer pathology concept, EFT may reduce the demand for hypothetical drinks [32], self-administration of cigarettes [33], and self-administration and valuation of highly palatable snacks in overweight and/or obese adults and children [35,36].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Snider, S. E., LaConte, S. M., & Bickel, W. K.
- Affiliations
- Carilion Clinic (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bickel, Warren K.
- Venue
- Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2016-06-01
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1558-1566
- ISSN
- 0145-6008 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5497459
- OpenAlex
- W2410276799
- Cited by
- 241
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 35 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 8
- FWCI
- 26.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA021529)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Keywords
- episodic future thinking, alcoholism, delay discounting, alcohol purchasing, temporal window, alcohol use disorder severity
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Ethanol, Alcoholism, Commerce, Cues, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Thinking, Time Factors, Young Adult, Delay Discounting
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