Experimental Data on Addiction Framing and Readiness to Change in Hazardous Drinkers

Data from two exploratory experiments published in 2026, investigating how scientific narratives about addiction affect motivation to change behavior. The dataset supports a paper accepted by Addiction Research and Theory, authored by Yihao Liu. It includes results from 63 hazardous-drinking students in a lab study and 155 weekly-drinking students in an online study.

Use Cases

• Analyze the effect of addiction framing (compulsive brain disease vs. value-based choice) on readiness to change behavior.
• Compare outcomes like self-efficacy, craving, and alcohol choice between experimental conditions.
• Replicate statistical tests for framing effects on readiness to change and other psychological measures.
• Examine the relationship between addiction narratives and constructs like self-control and self-regulation.

Strengths

• Dataset is directly linked to a peer-reviewed journal article accepted in 2026.
• Includes data from two distinct experimental studies with 63 and 155 participants respectively.
• Results show statistically significant framing effects on readiness to change (p-values of 0.025 and <0.04).
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data scope is limited to student populations (hazardous and weekly drinkers).

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Data collected from two randomized controlled experiments (one in-laboratory, one online).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 11:40:59