Journal article
Latent factor structure of a behavioral economic marijuana demand curve
Abstract
RationaleDrug demand, or relative value, can be assessed via analysis of behavioral economic purchase task performance. Five demand indices are typically obtained from drug purchase tasks.ObjectivesThe goal of this research was to determine whether metrics of marijuana reinforcement from a marijuana purchase task (MPT) exhibit a latent factor structure that efficiently characterizes marijuana demand.MethodsParticipants were regular marijuana …
Authors
Aston ER; Farris SG; MacKillop J; Metrik J
Journal
Psychopharmacology, Vol. 234, No. 16, pp. 2421–2429
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
August 2017
DOI
10.1007/s00213-017-4633-6
ISSN
0033-3158