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A behavioral choice analysis of the role of life events during early nonabstinent natural recovery from alcohol use disorder by Stinson, Lesleigh A, Tucker, Jalie A, Cheong, JeeWon, Vuchinich, Rudy E

“…Prior research supported a behavioral choice analysis of the role of life events in posttreatment drinking among abstinence-seeking inpatients with alcohol use…”
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Addictive Behavior as Molar Behavioral Allocation: Distinguishing Efficient and Final Causes in Translational Research and Practice by Tucker, Jalie A., Buscemi, Joanna, Murphy, James G., Reed, Derek D., Vuchinich, Rudy E.

“…Objective: Translational research on addictive behaviors viewed as molar behavioral allocation is critically reviewed. This work relates rates of behavior to…”
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Matching, behavioral economics, and teleological behaviorism: Final cause analysis of substance use and health behavior by Vuchinich, Rudy E., Tucker, Jalie A., Acuff, Samuel F., Reed, Derek D., Buscemi, Joanna, Murphy, James G.

“…Howard Rachlin and his contemporaries pioneered basic behavioral science innovations that have been usefully applied to advance understanding of human…”
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Efficient and final causes of alcohol consumption by Tucker, Jalie A., Vuchinich, Rudy E.

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Reliability of a Measure of Temporal Discounting by Simpson, Cathy A, Vuchinich, Rudy E

“…Participants (N = 17) chose between smaller, immediate and larger, delayed hypothetical money amounts in two laboratory sessions separated by 1 week. The…”
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To House or Not to House: The Effects of Providing Housing to Homeless Substance Abusers in Treatment by Milby, Jesse B, Schumacher, Joseph E, Wallace, Dennis, Freedman, Michelle J, Vuchinich, Rudy E

“…Housing typically is not provided to homeless persons during drug abuse treatment. We examined how treatment outcomes were affected under 3 different housing…”
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Hyperbolic Temporal Discounting in Social Drinkers and Problem Drinkers by Vuchinich, Rudy E, Simpson, Cathy A

“…Two studies compared participants, distinguished by their typical alcohol consumption, on the degree to which they discounted the value of delayed,…”
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Using Behavioral Theories of Choice to Predict Drinking Outcomes Following a Brief Intervention by Murphy, James G, Correia, Christopher J, Colby, Suzanne M, Vuchinich, Rudy E

“…Behavioral theories of choice predict that substance use is partly a function of the relative value of drugs in relation to other available reinforcers. This…”
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Significance of a Behavioral Economic Index of Reward Value in Predicting Drinking Problem Resolution by Tucker, Jalie A, Vuchinich, Rudy E, Black, Bethany C, Rippens, Paula D

“…This study investigated whether a behavioral economic index of the value of rewards available over different time horizons improved prediction of drinking…”
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Predicting Natural Resolution of Alcohol-Related Problems: A Prospective Behavioral Economic Analysis by Tucker, Jalie A, Vuchinich, Rudy E, Rippens, Paula D

“…This study investigated whether the relative allocation of discretionary monetary expenditures to alcoholic beverages versus savings (presumed to reflect…”
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Relative Efficacy of a Brief Motivational Intervention for College Student Drinkers by Murphy, James G, Duchnick, Jennifer J, Vuchinich, Rudy E, Davison, John W, Karg, Rhonda S, Olson, Amanda M, Smith, Anna F, Coffey, Timothy T

“…The authors evaluated the efficacy of Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS; L. A. Dimeff, J. S. Baer, D. R. Kivlahan, & G. A…”
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Toward cost-effective initial care for substance-abusing homeless by Milby, Jesse B., Ph.D, Schumacher, Joseph E., Ph.D, Vuchinich, Rudy E., Ph.D, Freedman, Michelle J., Ph.D, Kertesz, Stefan, M.D., M.Sc, Wallace, Dennis, Ph.D

“…Abstract In a randomized controlled trial, behavioral day treatment, including contingency management (CM+ ), was compared to contingency management components…”
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Different variables are associated with help-seeking patterns and long-term outcomes among problem drinkers by Tucker, Jalie A., Vuchinich, Rudy E., Rippens, Paula D.

“…This study investigated variables associated with help-seeking for drinking problems and with long-term drinking outcomes. In a 3×2 design, problem drinkers (…”
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Still Necessary to State the Obvious: Comment on Alessi, Roll, Reilly, and Johanson (2002) by Vuchinich, Rudy E

“…S. M. Alessi, J. M. Roll, M. P. Reilly, and C.-E. Johanson's (2002) conclusions initially seemed to the author to unnecessarily state the obvious: that the…”
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DELAYED REWARD AND COST DISCOUNTING by MURPHY, JAMES G, VUCHINICH, RUDY E, SIMPSON, CATHY A

“…Participants (N = 28) chose between smaller, immediate and larger, delayed hypothetical monetary amounts in a cost and a reward condition. For both conditions,…”
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Transitions During Effective Treatment for Cocaine-Abusing Homeless Persons: Establishing Abstinence, Lapse, and Relapse, and Reestablishing Abstinence by Milby, Jesse B, Schumacher, Joseph E, Vuchinich, Rudy E, Wallace, Dennis, Plant, Mary Ann, Freedman, Michelle J, McNamara, Cecelia, Ward, Catherine L

“…Data are reported on drug use among cocaine-dependent homeless persons who participated in a clinical trial that compared day treatment only (DT, n = 69) with…”
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Alcoholic Relapse, Life Events, and Behavioral Theories of Choice: A Prospective Analysis by Vuchinich, Rudy E, Tucker, Jalie A

“…This prospective study investigated the determinants of drinking in 26 alcoholic men during 6 months after treatment. Participants were interviewed while…”
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Efficient and final causes of alcohol consumption: Commentaries by Tucker, Jalie A., Vuchinich, Rudy E.

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Molar Environmental Contexts Surrounding Recovery From Alcohol Problems by Treated and Untreated Problem Drinkers by Tucker, Jalie A, Vuchinich, Rudy E, Pukish, Michele M

“…The relation between event occurrences and recovery from drinking problems was investigated in abstinent problem drinkers with different help-seeking…”
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Alcohol Abuse as Molar Choice: An Update of a 1982 Proposal by Vuchinich, Rudy E

“…This article updates a 1982 article ( R. E. Vuchinich, 1982 ) in which an analysis of alcohol abuse that was based on molar behavioral theories of choice was…”
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