2024
Comparing the Psychometric Properties of Reward and Relief Drinking Measures
Votaw V, Pearson M, Kranzler H, Roos C, Yeater E, Witkiewitz K. Comparing the Psychometric Properties of Reward and Relief Drinking Measures. Experimental And Clinical Psychopharmacology 2024 PMID: 38900509, DOI: 10.1037/pha0000716.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEcological momentary assessmentDrinking measuresPsychometric propertiesMomentary assessmentConcurrent validityAlcohol use disorder treatmentResponse to naltrexoneProperties of rewardsAlcohol Use Disorders Identification TestWithin-person associationsAlcohol use disorderDisorders Identification TestInternal consistency reliabilityReward drinkingTest-retest reliabilityAcamprosate treatmentAlcohol cravingRelief drinkingAversive statesFindings to clinical practiceCommunity sampleUse disorderPharmacotherapy outcomesDisorder treatmentAlcohol use
2018
Abstinence and Low Risk Drinking During Treatment: Association With Psychosocial Functioning, Alcohol Use, and Alcohol Problems 3 Years Following Treatment
Witkiewitz K, Kirouac M, Roos CR, Wilson AD, Hallgren KA, Bravo AJ, Montes KS, Maisto SA. Abstinence and Low Risk Drinking During Treatment: Association With Psychosocial Functioning, Alcohol Use, and Alcohol Problems 3 Years Following Treatment. Psychology Of Addictive Behaviors 2018, 32: 639-646. PMID: 30160499, PMCID: PMC6136973, DOI: 10.1037/adb0000381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-risk drinkingRisk drinkingHeavy drinkingDrinking daysAlcohol-related consequencesAlcohol usePersistent heavy drinkingWeeks of treatmentOutcomes 3 yearsDrinking outcomesHeavy drinking daysLow-risk drinkersAlcohol use disorderMeasures latent class analysisOutpatient armRisk drinkersOutcome measuresHeavy drinking episodesLower riskUse disordersHeavy drinkersFunctioning outcomesPsychosocial functioningAbstinenceDrinking episodesProfiles of recovery from alcohol use disorder at three years following treatment: can the definition of recovery be extended to include high functioning heavy drinkers?
Witkiewitz K, Wilson AD, Pearson MR, Montes KS, Kirouac M, Roos CR, Hallgren KA, Maisto SA. Profiles of recovery from alcohol use disorder at three years following treatment: can the definition of recovery be extended to include high functioning heavy drinkers? Addiction 2018, 114: 69-80. PMID: 30063267, PMCID: PMC6289769, DOI: 10.1111/add.14403.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptation, PsychologicalAdultAlcohol AbstinenceAlcoholics AnonymousAlcoholismCognitive Behavioral TherapyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLatent Class AnalysisMaleMental HealthMental Health RecoveryMiddle AgedMotivational InterviewingPersonal SatisfactionSocial BehaviorTreatment OutcomeUnemploymentConceptsOccasional heavy drinkersAlcohol use disorderHeavy drinkersNon-heavy drinkersUse disordersPsychosocial functioningSecondary analysisMental healthInfrequent heavy drinkersTreatment-related variablesRandomized clinical trialsAlcoholics Anonymous (AA) involvementFrequent heavy drinkersPost-treatment abstinenceProfiles of recoveryClinical trialsDefinition of recoveryAlcohol-related problemsAlcohol dependence severityDrug useAlcohol useRecovery outcomesHeavy drinkingDrinkersDependence severity
2015
Drinking Motives Mediate the Negative Associations Between Mindfulness Facets and Alcohol Outcomes Among College Students
Roos CR, Pearson MR, Brown DB. Drinking Motives Mediate the Negative Associations Between Mindfulness Facets and Alcohol Outcomes Among College Students. Psychology Of Addictive Behaviors 2015, 29: 176-183. PMID: 25546142, PMCID: PMC4388773, DOI: 10.1037/a0038529.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Indirect Effect of the Therapeutic Alliance and Alcohol Abstinence Self‐Efficacy on Alcohol Use and Alcohol‐Related Problems in Project MATCH
Maisto SA, Roos CR, O'Sickey AJ, Kirouac M, Connors GJ, Tonigan JS, Witkiewitz K. The Indirect Effect of the Therapeutic Alliance and Alcohol Abstinence Self‐Efficacy on Alcohol Use and Alcohol‐Related Problems in Project MATCH. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2015, 39: 504-513. PMID: 25704134, PMCID: PMC4457319, DOI: 10.1111/acer.12649.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol use disorderTherapeutic allianceCognitive behavioral treatment groupClient ratingsBehavioral treatment groupEffects of therapistSelf-efficacy changeProject MATCH dataAlcohol-related outcomesAUD treatment outcomesTwelve-step facilitationAlcohol abstinencePosttreatment drinking outcomesMotivation enhancementWorking Alliance InventoryModeration effectMediation analysisDrinking outcomesTherapist ratingsStatistical mediatorAUD outcomesAlliance ratingsAlcohol useAlliance InventoryIndirect effects