National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program

Position

Former Post-baccalaureate Fellow, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Section

Contact

Biomedical Research Center
251 Bayview Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21224

Email: rickie.miglin@nih.gov

Education

B.S. - Psychology, Drexel University

Research Interests

Rickie Miglin received her B.S. in Psychology from Drexel University in 2015. As an undergraduate, she worked as a research assistant in the Drs. Nezu Stress and Coping Lab where she completed her senior thesis examining the role social problem solving style plays in the relationship between stress and substance use in college students. Following graduation, she worked as a research assistant at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. She is interested in factors that influence substance use and addiction, including stress and cognitive processes (such as decision-making). She aspires to pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.

Publications

PubMed | Google Scholar | Research Gate

Selected Publications

2017

Miglin, Rickie; Kable, Joseph W; Bowers, Maureen E; Ashare, Rebecca L

In: Nicotine Tob Res, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 694–702, 2017, ISSN: 1469-994X (Electronic); 1462-2203 (Linking).

Abstract | Links

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title = {Withdrawal-Related Changes in Delay Discounting Predict Short-Term Smoking Abstinence.},

author = {Rickie Miglin and Joseph W Kable and Maureen E Bowers and Rebecca L Ashare},

url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28486708},

doi = {10.1093/ntr/ntw246},

issn = {1469-994X (Electronic); 1462-2203 (Linking)},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-06-01},

journal = {Nicotine Tob Res},

volume = {19},

number = {6},

pages = {694--702},

address = {Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.},

abstract = {Introduction: Impulsive decision making is associated with smoking behavior and reflects preferences for smaller, immediate rewards and intolerance of temporal delays. Nicotine withdrawal may alter impulsive decision making and time perception. However, little is known about whether withdrawal-related changes in decision making and time perception predict smoking relapse. Methods: Forty-five smokers (14 female) completed two laboratory sessions, one following 24-hour abstinence and one smoking-as-usual (order counterbalanced; biochemically verified abstinence). During each visit, participants completed measures of time perception, decision making (ie, discount rates), craving, and withdrawal. Following the second laboratory session, subjects underwent a well-validated model of short-term abstinence (quit week) with small monetary incentives for each day of biochemically confirmed abstinence. Results: Smokers significantly overestimated time during abstinence, compared to smoking-as-usual (p = .021), but there were no abstinence effects on discount rates (p = .6). During the quit week, subjects were abstinent for 3.5 days (SD = 2.15) and smoked a total of 12.9 cigarettes (SD = 15.8). Importantly, higher discount rates (ie, preferences for immediate rewards) during abstinence (abstinence minus smoking difference score) predicted greater number of days abstinent (p = .01) and fewer cigarettes smoked during the quit week (p = .02). Withdrawal-related change in time reproduction did not predict relapse (p = .2). Conclusions: These data suggest that individuals who have a greater preference for immediate rewards during abstinence (vs. smoking-as-usual) may be more successful at maintaining short-term abstinence when provided with frequent (eg, daily) versus less frequent incentive schedules (eg, 1 month). Abstinence-induced changes in decision making may be important for identifying smokers who may benefit from interventions that incentivize abstinence such as contingency management (CM). Implications: The present results suggest that smokers who place greater subjective value on immediate rewards during withdrawal (compared to smoking-as-usual) may be less likely to relapse if offered small, frequent monetary incentives to maintain abstinence. Thus, the current findings may have important implications for identifying smokers most likely to benefit from particular interventions such as CM. Future research might evaluate whether withdrawal-related changes in delay discounting moderate treatment response to different incentive schedules with the goal of optimizing CM effectiveness to improve abstinence rates.},

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Introduction: Impulsive decision making is associated with smoking behavior and reflects preferences for smaller, immediate rewards and intolerance of temporal delays. Nicotine withdrawal may alter impulsive decision making and time perception. However, little is known about whether withdrawal-related changes in decision making and time perception predict smoking relapse. Methods: Forty-five smokers (14 female) completed two laboratory sessions, one following 24-hour abstinence and one smoking-as-usual (order counterbalanced; biochemically verified abstinence). During each visit, participants completed measures of time perception, decision making (ie, discount rates), craving, and withdrawal. Following the second laboratory session, subjects underwent a well-validated model of short-term abstinence (quit week) with small monetary incentives for each day of biochemically confirmed abstinence. Results: Smokers significantly overestimated time during abstinence, compared to smoking-as-usual (p = .021), but there were no abstinence effects on discount rates (p = .6). During the quit week, subjects were abstinent for 3.5 days (SD = 2.15) and smoked a total of 12.9 cigarettes (SD = 15.8). Importantly, higher discount rates (ie, preferences for immediate rewards) during abstinence (abstinence minus smoking difference score) predicted greater number of days abstinent (p = .01) and fewer cigarettes smoked during the quit week (p = .02). Withdrawal-related change in time reproduction did not predict relapse (p = .2). Conclusions: These data suggest that individuals who have a greater preference for immediate rewards during abstinence (vs. smoking-as-usual) may be more successful at maintaining short-term abstinence when provided with frequent (eg, daily) versus less frequent incentive schedules (eg, 1 month). Abstinence-induced changes in decision making may be important for identifying smokers who may benefit from interventions that incentivize abstinence such as contingency management (CM). Implications: The present results suggest that smokers who place greater subjective value on immediate rewards during withdrawal (compared to smoking-as-usual) may be less likely to relapse if offered small, frequent monetary incentives to maintain abstinence. Thus, the current findings may have important implications for identifying smokers most likely to benefit from particular interventions such as CM. Future research might evaluate whether withdrawal-related changes in delay discounting moderate treatment response to different incentive schedules with the goal of optimizing CM effectiveness to improve abstinence rates.