Ali M. Yurasek

TL;DR: The results suggest that behavioral economic reward value indices may function as risk factors for poor intervention response and as clinically relevant markers of change in heavy drinkers.

TL;DR: Both baseline values and change in RV, but not discounting, predicted substance use outcomes at 6-month follow-up, and students with high RV who used marijuana were more likely to reduce their use after the SFAS intervention.

TL;DR: College student heavy drinkers who also smoke cigarettes exhibit increased demand for alcohol, and smokers in this high-risk developmental stage may be less sensitive to price and other contingencies that would otherwise serve to modulate drinking and may require more intensive intervention approaches.

TL;DR: Findings provide support for behavioral economic models of addiction that highlight the role of aversive visceral states in increasing the reward value of alcohol and provide an additional theoretical model to explain the association between negative affect and problematic drinking patterns.

TL;DR: It is suggested that exercise does not serve as a protective factor for any of the subgroups of college students studied and is positively associated with drinking among college students who are men and/or involved with the Greek system.