COCAINE CRAVING--A REAL TIME NATURALISTIC EVALUATION

对可卡因的渴求被认为是 维持药物使用或引发复发。测量 对渴望的研究仅限于回顾报告和召回。 回溯数据容易产生误差和偏差。克服过去 由于渴求措施的局限性，拟议的研究旨在 在自然环境中收集描述性实时信息 关于可卡因渴求的即时事件的环境 使用一种改进的自我监控技术。科目 将被提示(通过电子寻呼机)记录渴望， 情感和情景因素，在其自然的实时 环境。具体分析将用于比较：1) 渴望强度跨越诱惑、实际吸毒和随机 情况；2)确定导致以下情况的情况因素 更多的渴望和使用；3)调查 治疗前的变量(例如，以前的使用情况、应对技能等) 和可卡因渴求强度；4)探索渴求的差异 在整个研究期间，用户和非用户之间的差异。这 研究应该有助于从经验上理解 渴求与毒品使用和提供的关系 一种用于未来治疗研究的监测技术。

Cocaine craving has been hypothesized as a potential factor in maintaining drug use or triggering relapse episodes. measurement of craving has been limited to retrospective reports and recall. Retrospective data is subject to error and bias. To overcome past limitations with craving measures, the proposed study is designed to collect descriptive real-time information in the natural environment about immediate events surrounding cocaine craving episodes, using a modified self-monitoring technology. Subjects will be prompted (via electronic pager) to record craving, affect, and situational factors in real-time in their natural environments. Specific analyses will be used to compare: 1) craving intensity across temptation actual drug use, and random situations; 2) identify situational factors that lead to increased craving and use; 3) investigate the association between pretreatrnent variables (e.g., prior use, coping skills, etc.) and cocaine craving intensity; 4)explore differences in craving between users and non-users across the study period. This research should contribute toward an empirical understanding of the relationship between craving and drug use as well as offer a monitoring technology for future treatment research.