title: One-Year Test-Retest Reliability of the Maryland Resource for the Behavioral Utilization of the Reinforcement of Negative Stimuli (MRBURNS).
abstract: The Maryland Resource for the Behavioral Utilization of the Reinforcement of Negative Stimuli (MRBURNS) is a novel behavioral task designed to measure individual differences in negative reinforcement-based risk taking propensity. Performance on the MRBURNS has been linked with alcohol-related problems and negative reinforcement-based drinking motives, as well as symptoms of anxiety and depression; however, it is unclear if performance on the task represents a stable measure of negative reinforcement-based risk taking over time. As such, the current study aimed to examine the test-retest reliability of the MRBURNS over a period of one year. Results indicate that the correlation between year 1 and year 2 risk behavior (average number of pumps) on the MRBURNS was .43 across all trials. With the one year test-retest reliability of the MRBURNS established, the MRBURNS may be a useful approach to measuring the relative contribution of negative reinforcement-based risk taking in the development of risky behaviors over time, and may be used to monitor the effects of novel interventions that aim to reduce negative reinforcement based risk taking in the real world.
authors.affiliation: Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research, University of Maryland, College Park, 2103 Cole Student Activities Building, College Park, MD 20742, United States.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dahne
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5510 Nathan Shock Drive, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States.
authors.forename: Jessica M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.affiliation: Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research, University of Maryland, College Park, 2103 Cole Student Activities Building, College Park, MD 20742, United States.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lejuez
authors.affiliation: Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research, University of Maryland, College Park, 2103 Cole Student Activities Building, College Park, MD 20742, United States.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: MacPherson
keywords: alcohol-related problems; behavioral measure; negative reinforcement; risk taking; test-retest reliability