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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2022 Sep 29;37(3):361–375. doi: 10.1037/adb0000878

Table 1.

Definitions of NIDA PhAB domains and major HiTOP dimensions.

NIDA PhAB Domains
Metacognition Cognitive awareness of one’s own thoughts (i.e., thinking about thinking).
Executive Function Higher order thought processes, including working memory, flexible thinking, and inhibitory control.
Interoception Awareness and processing of internal bodily states/sensations.
Reward The incentive salience/motivational drive associated with a given substance.
Negative Emotionality The tendency to negatively perceive/experience events and circumstances and exhibit a negative emotional response (e.g., anger, hostility, sadness, anxiety).
Sleep Sleep habits/patterns and quality of sleep experienced.

Major HiTOP Dimensions

Internalizing Experience of negative emotionality.
Somatoform Experience of physical bodily symptoms in the presence of psychological distress.
Thought Disorder Unconventional and creative thinking, as well as perceptions and cognitions that are loosely tethered to reality.
Detachment Reduced volition, sociability, and affective expression.
Disinhibited Externalizing Acting on impulse, without consideration for potential consequences.
Antagonistic Externalizing Navigating interpersonal situations using antipathy and conflict, and to hurt other people intentionally, with little regard for their rights and feelings.

Note.

= also included in the Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment.