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Retrospective self-reports of sensitivity to the effects of alcohol: Trait-like stability and concomitant changes with alcohol involvement. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Casey B Kohen,Kellyn M Spychala,Clintin P Davis-Stober,Thomas M Piasecki,Bruce D Bartholow
OBJECTIVE Lower sensitivity to the acute effects of alcohol is known to confer risk for the development of alcohol use disorder. Alcohol sensitivity, or level of response to alcohol's subjective effects, is heritable but also can change as a result of persistent alcohol exposure (i.e., acquired tolerance). Here, we examined how changes over time in four indices of alcohol involvement affected scores
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The development and initial validation of the Trauma-Related Alcohol Use Coping Measure (TRAC). Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Antoine Lebeaut,Maya Zegel,Lynne Steinberg,Michael J Zvolensky,Anka A Vujanovic
OBJECTIVE Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and alcohol use commonly co-occur and present a prevalent clinical comorbidity. The self-medication/coping model has been applied most consistently to understand the PTSD-alcohol use association. However, there is a relative paucity of self-report measures designed to assess motivations for alcohol use, specifically for coping with PTSD symptoms
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College men's use of protective behavioral strategies for sexual aggression, risky sexual behavior, and heavy episodic drinking. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Teresa A Treat,Richard J Viken,Olivia Westemeier,William R Corbin
OBJECTIVE Sexually aggressive behavior (SAB), risky sexual behavior (RSB), and heavy episodic drinking (HED) are serious behavioral health problems among college men. The present study substantially revises and validates protective behavioral strategies (PBS) measures in the SAB and RSB domains; evaluates the relations among PBS usage in the SAB, RSB, and HED domains; and determines whether college
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Sexual and reproductive health behaviors of women with criminal legal involvement and substance use disorders: A life course perspective. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Jennifer K Bello,Lynn Y Chen,Alysia Johnson,Sarah Skiöld-Hanlin
OBJECTIVE Early exposure to drug use and sexual abuse may contribute to later substance use, causing downstream effects on sexual and pregnancy-related behaviors. We applied the life course perspective to qualitative interview findings conducted with women with criminal legal involvement to explore connections between participants' early exposure to drugs and childhood sexual abuse with subsequent
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Predictors of problem gambling remission in adults: A Canadian longitudinal study. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Youssef Allami,Robert J Williams,David C Hodgins,Rhys Stevens,Carrie A Shaw,Nady El-Guebaly,Darren R Christensen,Daniel S McGrath,Yale D Belanger
OBJECTIVE Remission from problem gambling (PG) continues to be a priority of clinicians and researchers. Data from cross-sectional studies indicate that some correlates are more predictive of PG, and existing longitudinal studies have exclusively examined risk factors that predict emergence of PG. This study's objective is to fill in the remaining pieces of the puzzle by identifying factors that might
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This time with feeling: In-play sports betting as a vehicle for emotion regulation. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Jenna L Vieira,Hyoun S Kim,Luke Clark,Nassim Tabri,Michael J A Wohl
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this research was to assess factors (i.e., emotion regulation, impulsivity) that motivate in-play sports betting. Specifically, we examined whether individuals report increased excitement after placing an in-play bet and whether trait negative and positive urgency moderate the effect of emotion regulation motives on in-play betting frequency. METHOD Three cross-sectional studies
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A randomized controlled trial of a brief motivational interviewing-based group intervention for emerging adults experiencing homelessness: 24-month effects on alcohol use. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Joan S Tucker,Anthony Rodriguez,Elizabeth J D'Amico,Eric R Pedersen,Rick Garvey,David J Klein
OBJECTIVE Despite rates of alcohol misuse being higher among emerging adults experiencing homelessness compared to those who are stably housed, there are few brief evidence-based risk reduction programs for this population that focus on alcohol use and assess outcomes for more than 1 year. This study examines alcohol outcomes from a 24-month evaluation of AWARE, a brief motivational interviewing-based
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Cashless gambling: Qualitative analysis of consumer perspectives regarding the harm minimization potential of digital payment systems for electronic gaming machines. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Thomas B Swanton,Stephanie Tsang,Sharon B Collard,Ellen Garbarino,Sally M Gainsbury
OBJECTIVE Land-based gambling venues remain predominantly cash-based despite broader consumer trends toward digital payments. Little prior literature directly investigates the role of payment methods in gambling; however, digital payment systems offer a key intervention point for gambling harm minimization. This study explores the perspectives of electronic gaming machine (EGM) gamblers regarding the
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Comparable cigarette consumption data collected using timeline follow-back and digital diary among treatment-seeking smokers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Yong Cui,Jason D Robinson,George Kypriotakis,Jennifer A Minnix,Charles E Green,Seokhun Kim,Maher Karam-Hage,Paul M Cinciripini
OBJECTIVE The timeline follow-back interview is a common method of collecting daily cigarette consumption (cigarettes per day [CPD]) in smoking research. However, it may be subject to recall bias due to its reliance on retrospective reports. The increasing ownership of smartphones allows researchers to administer app-based digital diaries (DD) to collect CPD, which is expected to have less recall bias
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Reasons for past abortions among women in treatment for opioid use disorder. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Roxanne F Harfmann,Sarah H Heil,Lindsay M Cannon,Vanessa K Dalton,Yasamin Kusunoki,Loren S Kock,Lauren K MacAfee
OBJECTIVE The main reasons women in the general population seek abortion are financial, timing, and partner-related reasons. While women with opioid use disorder (OUD) appear to use abortion services more than women in the general population, reasons for abortion in this group have not been examined to our knowledge. METHOD Female patients aged 18-50 years in OUD treatment at 22 randomly selected facilities
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Alcohol intoxication, condom use rationale, and men's coercive condom use resistance: The role of past unintended partner pregnancy. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Elizabeth C Neilson,Tiffany L Marcantonio,Jacqueline Woerner,Ruschelle M Leone,Michelle Haikalis,Kelly Cue Davis
OBJECTIVE Cisgender men's condom use resistance (CUR), deliberate attempts to avoid using a condom with a partner who wishes to use one, may include coercive strategies, such as deception and force, and places their partners at risk for unintended pregnancy and sexually transitted infections (STIs). This investigation used an alcohol administration design to examine one distal (history of unintended
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Watching the fall of Roe v. Wade: Media exposure relates to U.S. women's alcohol use intentions. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Stacy M Post,Mary C Jobe,Arianne N Malekzadeh,Katarina E AuBuchon,Rebecca K Hoffman,Michelle L Stock,Lisa Bowleg
OBJECTIVE The Supreme Court of the United States' decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization in June 2022 overturned Roe v. Wade and ended federal protection of abortion rights. Given the drastic policy changes as a result of the ruling and high exposure to media related to abortion, women opposed to the decision may have experienced distress, which could trigger maladaptive coping strategies
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An experimental study to examine whether and how Flemish and Dutch harm prevention messages on gambling advertising affect consumers' gambling-related beliefs and intentions. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Steffi De Jans,Veroline Cauberghe,Liselot Hudders,Fran Rys
OBJECTIVE Despite the widespread use of harm prevention messages on gambling advertising, it is unclear whether such messages achieve their goal of encouraging safer gambling behavior and preventing gambling harms. The current research therefore investigates whether and how existing harm prevention messages implemented on gambling advertisements in Belgium and the Netherlands affect consumers' gambling-related
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Contact reduces substance use stigma through bad character attributions, especially for U.S. health care professionals. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Lucas J Hamilton,Max E Coleman,Anne C Krendl
OBJECTIVE People with substance use disorders (SUDs) are faced with pervasive stigma. Education-based interventions tend to emphasize biological causes of dependency; however, health care professionals still stigmatize people who use substances despite being more knowledgeable about biological causes. There may be an important moderating role of personal contact since health care professionals may
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Prevalence of psychosocial issues among pregnant women who do and do not use illicit substances. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Loren S Kock,Heidi S Melbostad,Sarah H Heil
OBJECTIVE The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends providers screen their prenatal patients for 11 psychosocial issues because they affect patient mental and physical well-being. The prevalence and co-occurrence of these issues have rarely been compared among pregnant women who do and do not report recent illicit substance use. METHOD Seven psychosocial issues identified
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Use of mindfulness training to improve BAC self-estimation during a drinking episode. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Alexandra R Kelly,Mark T Fillmore
OBJECTIVE Individuals are often inaccurate at estimating levels of intoxication following doses of alcohol. Previous research has shown that when required to estimate (BAC) at different time points, participants often underestimate their BACs and amounts of alcohol consumed. The present study aimed to increase drinkers' BAC estimation accuracy after drinking alcohol using mindfulness-based feedback
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Social associations and alcohol consumption in an Australian community sample: An egocentric social network analysis. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Alex M T Russell,Lauren Monds,Nerilee Hing,Jeremy Kroll,Alex M Russell,Hannah B Thorne
OBJECTIVE This study examined how social associations from a person's social network may be associated with their own alcohol consumption. METHOD Alcohol consumption behavior was examined among the social networks of 784 survey respondents (54% female, Mage = 35.3 years), using egocentric social network analysis. Participants (egos) were recruited via a panel aggregator and completed an online survey
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Dispositional and contextual correlates of in-play sports betting and related harms: A 2-week ecological momentary assessment study. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Hyoun S Kim,Sophie G Coelho,Jenna L Vieira,Matthew T Keough
OBJECTIVE In-play betting is a novel form of sports betting that allows players to make continuous bets during a game. The present study examined the dispositional and contextual correlates of in-play sports betting and related harms. METHOD Participants were 84 individuals (73.81% men, Mage = 41.02) who engaged in in-play betting. Participants first completed an online questionnaire including measures
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Physiological stress modulation of neural drug cue reactivity in cannabis use disorder. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Richard J Macatee,Thomas J Preston,Kaveh Afshar,Sara K Blaine,Brandon S Schermitzler
OBJECTIVE Rates of daily cannabis use and cannabis use disorder (CUD) are increasing in the United States. Prominent addiction theories suggest that stress potentiation of drug cue incentive salience is a central feature of disordered versus recreational drug use, which has been corroborated using a neurophysiological index of drug cue incentive salience (i.e., the late positive potential [LPP]) in
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Randomized trial of mindfulness- and reappraisal-based regulation of craving training among daily cigarette smokers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Corey R Roos,Nicholas R Harp,Nilofar Vafaie,Ralitza Gueorguieva,Tami Frankforter,Kathleen M Carroll,Hedy Kober
OBJECTIVE Craving predicts smoking, yet existing interventions may not adequately target regulation of craving. We evaluated two versions of regulation of craving-training (ROC-T), a computerized intervention with intensive practice of strategies when exposed to smoking-related images. METHOD Ninety-two nicotine-dependent daily smokers were randomized to mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) ROC-T focusing
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Unpacking disparities in substance-related outcomes among racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender minoritized groups during adolescence and emerging adulthood. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Elizabeth J D'Amico,Joan S Tucker,Michael S Dunbar,Lilian Perez,Daniel Siconolfi,Jordan P Davis,Eric R Pedersen,Anthony Rodriguez
OBJECTIVE Alcohol and other drug (AOD) use increases substantially from adolescence to emerging adulthood, and recent longitudinal studies show disparities in AOD-related outcomes by racial and ethnic, as well as sexual and gender minority (SGM), identities. Greater insight is needed into how individual, social, and environmental contexts interact and affect such disparities, as well as why disparate
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Is it time for a cannabis harm reduction approach? Commentary on Sherman et al. (2022) and Borodovsky et al. (2022). Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Bryant M Stone,Brian J Sherman
OBJECTIVE Recent research suggests potential therapeutic benefits of cannabis-derived products, a lower risk profile than other illicit substances, and significant functional improvement from reduced use. Likewise, low abstinence rates and low motivation to achieve abstinence among those with cannabis use disorder (CUD) are the norm. As such, the harm reduction model has gained traction among substance
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Daily level examination indicates that positive affect, but not negative affect, is associated with alcohol and marijuana use among adolescents and young adults. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Dana M Litt,Zhengyang Zhou,Anne M Fairlie,Kevin M King,Allison Cross,Emma Kannard,Femke Geusens,Melissa A Lewis
OBJECTIVE Although there is growing evidence that alcohol use at the daily level is associated with positive but not negative affect, results are mixed when examining marijuana use and simultaneous alcohol and marijuana (SAM) use (i.e., use with overlapping effects). In addition, less is known about these daily level associations among diverse samples of adolescents and young adults. The present study
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Sex differences in the relationship between cannabis use motives and cannabis craving in daily life in emerging adults. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Kathryn S Gex,Kevin M Gray,Christal N Davis,Lindsay M Squeglia,Aimee L McRae-Clark,Michael E Saladin,Rachel L Tomko
OBJECTIVE Cannabis use motives and craving are associated with increased risk for cannabis-related problems and are ideal targets for prevention and early intervention. Patterns of motives and craving reactivity to cannabis cues differ by sex; however, few studies closely examine the relationship between motives and craving and how it may differ by valence (±) across men and women. METHOD The present
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A daily diary exploration of contexts and experiences associated with planned drinking decisions in young adults. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Lindy K Howe,Peter R Finn
OBJECTIVE Despite the potential for negative consequences, young adults continually engage in heavy alcohol use. Unplanned (vs. planned) drinking has been of particular interest in several studies, as it is theoretically suggested to be related to poor behavioral regulation and negative consequences. Ecological momentary assessment and daily diary (DD) studies have been used to examine the contexts
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Emotion differentiation and intimate partner violence: Effects of provocation and alcohol intoxication. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Molly A Maloney,Skye C Napolitano,Sean P Lane,Christopher I Eckhardt,Dominic J Parrott
OBJECTIVE This study investigated the impact of relational provocation on intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration as a function of alcohol intoxication and individuals' emotion differentiation (ED; i.e., the ability to differentiate between positive and negative emotions). We hypothesized that provocation and acute intoxication would be associated with lower ED, such that individuals would demonstrate
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Interactive effect of adverse child experiences and suicidal thoughts and behaviors on adolescent alcohol and cannabis use frequency. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-07-13 Lourah Kelly,Elizabeth Meeker,Kristyn Zajac,Rebecca Bryan,Briannon O'Connor
OBJECTIVE Adolescents with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and suicidality may engage in high levels of substance use to alleviate distress. Most studies of associations among ACEs, suicidality, and substance use rely on retrospective reports by adults. Comparatively less is known about concurrent relationships between ACEs, suicide risk, and substance use in adolescents, which is important for
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The role of social connection in opioid use disorder treatment engagement. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Emma M Schweitzer,Adelya Urmanche,Julia Kong,Sahar Hafezi,Joshua Zhao,Nina A Cooperman,Anna B Konova
OBJECTIVE Medications for opioid use disorder (OUD or MOUD) treatment combining pharmacotherapy with psychosocial support are effective for managing OUD. However, treatment engagement remains a challenge, with retention rates ∼30%-50%. Although social connection has been identified as important to recovery, it remains unclear whether and how social factors can bolster participation in treatment. METHOD
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Baseline protective behavioral strategy use predicts more moderate transdermal alcohol concentration dynamics and fewer negative consequences of drinking in young adults' natural settings. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Michael A Russell,Joshua M Smyth,Rob Turrisi,Gabriel C Rodriguez
OBJECTIVE Test whether frequent protective behavioral strategies (PBS) users report (a) fewer alcohol-related consequences and (b) less risky alcohol intoxication dynamics (measured via transdermal alcohol concentration [TAC] sensor "features") in daily life. METHOD Two hundred twenty-two frequently heavy-drinking young adults (Mage = 22.3 years) wore TAC sensors for 6 consecutive days. TAC features
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Applying behavioral economics to understand changes in alcohol outcomes during the transition to adulthood: Longitudinal relations and differences by sex and race. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Samuel F Acuff,Kyla Belisario,Ashley Dennhardt,Michael Amlung,Jalie A Tucker,James MacKillop,James G Murphy
OBJECTIVE Population drinking trends show clear developmental periodicity, with steep increases in harmful alcohol use from ages 18 to 22 followed by a gradual decline across the 20s, albeit with persistent problematic use in a subgroup of individuals. Cross-sectional studies implicate behavioral economic indicators of alcohol overvaluation (high alcohol demand) and lack of alternative substance-free
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Why get high? Coping and enjoyment motives mediate elevated cannabis demand and cannabis-related outcomes. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Nicole R Schultz,Tessa Frohe,Christopher J Correia,Jason J Ramirez
OBJECTIVE Cannabis is the most used psychoactive substance among adolescents and is a public health concern. Cannabis demand is a quantifiable measure of the reinforcing value of cannabis and comprises two latent-factors-amplitude (maximum consumption) and persistence (sensitivity to increasing costs). Cannabis demand and cannabis motives are important predictors of adolescent cannabis use and associated
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Alcohol consumption's effects on working memory: Examining familial confounding. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Linnea Sepe-Forrest,Allen J Bailey,Patrick D Quinn,Frederick W Carver,William P Hetrick,Brian F O'Donnell
OBJECTIVE The purpose of our study was to provide a more rigorous test of the causal hypothesis that chronic alcohol use impairs working memory performance. METHOD We measured linear associations between a latent factor representing alcohol consumption and accuracy across four working memory tasks before and after accounting for familial confounding using a cotwin control design. Specifically, this
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Alcohol-involved rape: Limitations of the "rape exception" for abortion access. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Kelly Cue Davis,Elizabeth C Neilson,Cynthia A Stappenbeck
OBJECTIVE In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court removed federal abortion protections, giving individual states the authority to enact abortion regulations. Since that ruling, many states have enacted abortion bans; however, several of these states allow "rape exceptions," theoretically providing rape victims who become pregnant access to abortion services. Notably, alcohol use by the rape victim and
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Imagining the future can shape the present: A systematic review of the impact of episodic future thinking on substance use outcomes. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Anahi Collado,Alexis Stokes
OBJECTIVE The combination of the high prevalence of problematic substance use and substance use disorders (SUD) with the low rates of spontaneous remission continues to generate interest in the development of novel and efficacious interventions. Theoretically, episodic future thinking (EFT) is capable of targeting various underlying psychological and neurobiological substrates of SUD by traversing
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Increased coping motives during the COVID-19 pandemic widen cannabis disparities between sexual minoritized and nonminoritized young adults: A bimonthly assessment of data preceding and spanning the pandemic. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Connor J McCabe,Isaac C Rhew,Katherine Walukevich-Dienst,Scott Graupensperger,Christine M Lee
OBJECTIVE Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, some U.S. adults have increased alcohol and cannabis use frequency to cope with distress. Among sexual minoritized young adults (SM YAs), coping-related use may be greater due to disproportionate negative social and financial consequences of the pandemic. Nonetheless, it remains unclear whether pandemic substance use has increased among SM YAs
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Reports of self-compassion and affect regulation in psilocybin-assisted therapy for alcohol use disorder: An interpretive phenomenological analysis. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-06-05 Gabrielle Agin-Liebes,Elizabeth M Nielson,Michael Zingman,Katherine Kim,Alexandra Haas,Lindsey T Owens,Ursula Rogers,Michael Bogenschutz
OBJECTIVE The primary aim of this qualitative study was to delineate psychological mechanisms of change in the first randomized controlled trial of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy to treat alcohol use disorder (AUD). Theories regarding psychological processes involved in psychedelic therapy remain underdeveloped. METHOD Participants (N = 13) mostly identified as non-Hispanic and White, with approximately
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An exploratory factor analysis of an e-CHUG drinking motives scale with mandated students. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Kayla M Neeley,Taylor B Stanley,Christopher J Correia
OBJECTIVE Colleges maintain alcohol policies in response to student alcohol misuse, and sanctions for violating these policies often mandate students to attend alcohol education and/or counseling (Anderson & Gadaleto, 2021). Electronic Checkup to Go (e-CHUG) is a widely used online motivational intervention program that provides feedback to college students to encourage them to alter their drinking
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Mindfulness mechanisms in alcohol use: Comparing top-down and bottom-up processes. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Carillon J Skrzynski,Angela D Bryan,Kent E Hutchison
OBJECTIVE This study compared two mechanisms by which mindfulness may reduce hazardous drinking: effortful control and craving, "top-down" and "bottom-up" processes, respectively. These relationships were compared in a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP) versus relapse prevention (RP) treatments to explore if they differed based on more
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Mechanisms of behavior change during alcohol treatment among negative affect drinkers: A time-varying effect model analysis using 84 consecutive days of ecological momentary assessment. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Junru Zhao,Braden K Linn,Paul R Stasiewicz,Gregory E Wilding,Charles LaBarre,Clara M Bradizza
OBJECTIVE To better understand the timing and unique contribution of four potential mechanisms of behavior change (MOBC) during alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment (negative affect, positive affect, alcohol craving, and adaptive alcohol coping), we used a time-varying effect modeling analytic approach to examine the change trajectories of alcohol abstinence, heavy drinking, the hypothesized MOBCs
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Measuring and understanding "quality of life" among emerging adults in a substance use program. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Jillian Halladay,Liah Rahman,Madeleine Luvisa,Mackenzie Mawson,Myra Massey,Jacinda Burns,Marina Kennedy,Kyla King,Kalia Douglas-Micallef,A Carter,Victoria Stead,Catherine McCarron,Saba Khoshroo,Emily MacKillop,Holly Raymond,Liam Younger,Kiran Punia,Michelle Venantius,Mareena Mathew,James MacKillop
OBJECTIVE This work focuses on understanding quality of life and evaluating a brief quality of life measure in an outpatient emerging adult (17-25 years of age) substance use program. METHOD Mixed methods were used including: (a) psychometric evaluation of the adapted MyLifeTracker (MLT) based on assessments completed four times throughout treatment (n = 100) and (b) qualitative interviews with 12
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The labels and models used to describe problematic substance use impact discrete elements of stigma: A registered report. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Charlotte R Pennington,Rebecca L Monk,Derek Heim,Abigail K Rose,Thomas Gough,Ross Clarke,Graeme Knibb,Roshni Patel,Priya Rai,Halimah Ravat,Ramsha Ali,Georgiana Anastasiou,Fatemeh Asgari,Eve Bate,Tara Bourke,Jayme Boyles,Alix Campbell,Nic Fowler,Sian Hester,Charlotte Neil,Beth McIntyre,Ellie Ogilvy,Amie Renouf,Joni Stafford,Katie Toothill,Hin Kok Wong,Andrew Jones
OBJECTIVES Problematic substance use is one of the most stigmatized health conditions leading research to examine how the labels and models used to describe it influence public stigma. Two recent studies examine whether beliefs in a disease model of addiction influence public stigma but result in equivocal findings-in line with the mixed-blessings model, Kelly et al. (2021) found that while the label
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Cognitive behavioral therapy versus general health education for smoking cessation: A randomized controlled trial among diverse treatment seekers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Monica Webb Hooper,David J Lee,Vani Nath Simmons,Karen O Brandon,Michael H Antoni,Taghrid Asfar,Tulay Koru-Sengul,Thomas H Brandon
OBJECTIVE Racial and ethnic disparities in smoking cessation persist. This randomized controlled trial compared the efficacy of group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for cessation among African American/Black, Latino/Hispanic, and White adults. METHOD African American/Black (39%), Latino/Hispanic (29%), and White (32%) adults (N = 347) were randomly assigned to eight group sessions of CBT or general
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Using mobile technology to influence alcohol-impaired driving risk perceptions and decisions. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Alison M Haney,Olivia M Warner,Sara D McMullin,Courtney A Motschman,Timothy J Trull,Denis M McCarthy
OBJECTIVE Despite significant individual and societal risk, alcohol-impaired driving (AID) remains prevalent in the United States. Our aim was to determine whether breathalyzer-cued warning messages administered via mobile devices in the natural drinking environment could influence real-world AID cognitions and behaviors. METHOD One hundred twenty young adults (53% women; mean age = 24.7) completed
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Careless responding in online studies is associated with alcohol use: A mega-analysis. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Andrew Jones,Steven M Gillespie,Charlotte R Pennington,Justin C Strickland,Eric Robinson
OBJECTIVE The prevalence of research conducted online in the addiction field has increased rapidly over the past decade. However, little focus has been given to careless responding in these online studies, despite the issues it may cause for statistical inference and generalizability. Our aim was to examine whether alcohol use is associated with careless responses. METHOD Raw data were requested from
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Daily associations between cannabis use and alcohol use among people who use cannabis for both medicinal and nonmedicinal reasons: Substitution or complementarity? Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Sophie G Coelho,Christian S Hendershot,Sergio Rueda,Jeffrey D Wardell
OBJECTIVE People who use cannabis for medicinal (vs. nonmedicinal) reasons report greater cannabis use and lower alcohol use, which may reflect a cannabis-alcohol substitution effect in this population. However, it is unclear whether cannabis is used as a substitute or complement to alcohol at the day level among people who use cannabis for both medicinal and nonmedicinal reasons. This study used ecological
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Applying the prototype willingness model to day-level simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Holly K Boyle,Kate B Carey,Kristina M Jackson,Jennifer E Merrill
OBJECTIVE The prototype willingness model (PWM) provides a framework for understanding simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use by highlighting important psychosocial (e.g., attitudes, norms) predictors of and pathways (via willingness and/or intentions) to simultaneous use. We examined both the PWM reasoned and social reaction pathways in relation to simultaneous use. METHOD Eighty-nine young adults
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Examining science and media literacy health communication messages to reduce intentions to use cannabis while pregnant. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Jessica Fitts Willoughby,Stacey J T Hust,Leticia Couto,Soojung Kang,Ben Pingel,Jiayu Li,Bruce W Austin,Olivia Brooks,Ekaterina Burduli,Celestina Barbosa-Leiker
OBJECTIVE Although use of cannabis during pregnancy can be detrimental to the fetus, use of cannabis during pregnancy has increased. Pregnant people are often exposed to incorrect information about cannabis use during pregnancy online and have expressed a desire for additional information about the effects of using cannabis while pregnant. We wanted to design and test a brief intervention promoting
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Cannabis demand and use among veterans: A prospective examination. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Elizabeth R Aston,Lidia Z Meshesha,Angela K Stevens,Brian Borsari,Jane Metrik
OBJECTIVE Cannabis demand (i.e., relative value), assessed cross-sectionally via a hypothetical marijuana purchase task (MPT), has been associated with use, problems, and dependence symptoms, among others. However, limited work exists on the prospective stability of the MPT. Furthermore, cannabis demand among veterans endorsing cannabis use, and the prospective cyclical relationship between demand
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A mobile-based pregaming drinking prevention intervention for college students: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-04-13 Eric R Pedersen,Justin F Hummer,Jordan P Davis,Reagan E Fitzke,Denise D Tran,Katie Witkiewitz,John D Clapp
OBJECTIVE Pregaming is among the riskiest drinking behaviors in which college students engage, often leading to elevated blood alcohol levels and negative alcohol-related consequences. Yet, tailored interventions to reduce risk associated with pregaming are lacking. The present study was designed to develop and evaluate the efficacy of a brief, mobile-based intervention targeting heavy drinking during
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Examining indirect effects of advertising exposure on young adults' cannabis and nicotine vaping. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Graham T DiGuiseppi,Michael S Dunbar,Joan S Tucker,Anthony Rodriguez,Claude Messan Setodji,Jordan P Davis,Elizabeth J D'Amico
OBJECTIVE To examine longitudinal associations between exposure to two types of advertisements (medical/recreational cannabis and e-cigarette retailers [vape shops]) and young adults' cannabis and nicotine vaping behavior. Positive and negative expectancies for cannabis and vaping nicotine were examined as mediators of these associations. METHOD Secondary analysis of observational data from a longitudinal
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Risk and protective factors of social networks on alcohol, cannabis, and opioid use among urban American Indian/Alaska Native emerging adults. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-04-06 Elizabeth J D'Amico,David P Kennedy,Nipher Malika,David J Klein,Ryan A Brown,Anthony Rodriguez,Carrie L Johnson,Kurt Schweigman,Virginia Arvizu-Sanchez,Kathy Etz,Daniel L Dickerson
OBJECTIVES Assess associations between social networks and urban American Indian/Alaska Native emerging adults' alcohol, cannabis, and opioid use and intentions. METHOD American Indian/Alaska Native participants ages 18-25 (N = 150; 86% female) were recruited across the United States from 12/20 to 10/21 via social media. Participants named up to 15 people whom they talked with most over the past 3
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Frequency and factors related to substance use among Black individuals aged 15-40 years old in Canada: The role of everyday racial discrimination. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Jude Mary Cénat,Élisabeth Dromer,Emmanuelle Auguste,Rose Darly Dalexis,Wina Paul Darius,Cary S Kogan,Mireille Guerrier
OBJECTIVE Despite evidence that Black individuals are confronted with various types of racial discrimination that put them at risk for alcohol and substance use disorders, no study in Canada has assessed the frequency and factors related to substance use in Black communities. This study thus aims to examine the frequency and factors related to substance use in Black communities in Canada. METHOD A
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Peer connectedness and substance use in adolescence: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Veronica T Cole,Leah S Richmond-Rakerd,Lydia F Bierce,Rachel L Norotsky,Shayari T Peiris,Andrea M Hussong
OBJECTIVE Adolescents' relationships with their peers play a pivotal role in their substance-use behaviors. As such, decades of research have examined how substance use relates to adolescents' overall levels of closeness to their peers, here termed peer connectedness, with mixed results. This report sought to determine how the operationalizations of peer connectedness and substance use affect the nature
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A randomized pilot trial of brief family-involved treatment for alcohol use disorder: Treatment engagement and outcomes. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Barbara S McCrady,J Scott Tonigan,Brandi C Fink,Roberta Chávez,Amber D Martinez,Adrienne Borders,Kathryn Fokas,Elizabeth E Epstein
OBJECTIVE Involving family members in a patient's treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD) leads to more positive outcomes, but evidence-based family-involved treatments have not been adopted widely in AUD treatment programs. Study aims the following: (a) modify an empirically supported 12-session AUD treatment, alcohol behavioral couple therapy (ABCT) to make it shorter and appropriate for any concerned
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Genetic and shared environmental factors explain the association between adolescent polysubstance use and high school noncompletion. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Christal N Davis,Ian R Gizer,Arpana Agrawal,Dixie J Statham,Andrew C Heath,Nicholas G Martin,Wendy S Slutske
OBJECTIVE Examine the nature of the relationship between adolescent polysubstance use and high school noncompletion. METHOD Among a sample of 9,579 adult Australian twins (58.63% female, Mage = 30.59), we examined the association between the number of substances used in adolescence and high school noncompletion within a discordant twin design and bivariate twin analysis. RESULTS In individual-level
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Effects of cognitive behavioral techniques for gambling on recovery defined by gambling, psychological functioning, and quality of life: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Rory A Pfund,Shelby A King,David P Forman,James M Zech,Meredith K Ginley,Samuel C Peter,Nicholas W McAfee,Katie Witkiewitz,James P Whelan
OBJECTIVE Individuals who experience gambling harms report that sustained recovery involves changing both gambling behaviors and psychological symptoms, as well as building a meaningful life. However, there is limited understanding about the effect of cognitive behavioral (CB) techniques on psychological symptoms and quality of life. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of CB
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Neighborhood disadvantage has an indirect effect on problem drinking through increased psychological distress. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Chris Segrin,R Amanda Cooper,Jian Jiao
OBJECTIVE Neighborhood disadvantage has been documented as a risk factor for problem drinking. The specific aim of this investigation is to test a model of neighborhood disadvantage, psychological distress, and problem drinking in a demographically and socioeconomically diverse sample. METHOD A sample of 618 adults (21-65-year-olds; Mage = 30.80, SD = 9.81; 58% female) who reported drinking alcohol
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Adolescents' perceptions of alcohol portrayals in the media and their impact on cognitions and behaviors. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Jennifer E Merrill,Gabriela López,Hannah Doucette,Melissa Pielech,Erin Corcoran,Amy Egbert,Tyler B Wray,Joy Gabrielli,Suzanne M Colby,Kristina M Jackson
OBJECTIVE Exposure to alcohol in the media is pervasive and may influence adolescents' perceptions and use of alcohol. The purpose of this study was to better understand how adolescents perceive alcohol-related content in both entertainment and social media, with a focus on the valence of portrayals (i.e., positive, negative) and impacts on cognitions and behaviors. METHOD Participants were 40 high
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Subjective effects of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis versus alcohol-only use: A qualitative analysis. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Jack T Waddell,Jennifer E Merrill,Sarah A Okey,Ricardo Woods-Gonzalez,William R Corbin
OBJECTIVE Theoretical models of addictive behavior suggest that subjective effects serve as a mechanism through which substance use disorders develop. However, little is known about the subjective effects of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use, particularly whether simultaneous use (a) heightens specific subjective effects or (b) is related to unique subjective effects relative to single-substance
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Reaching out to big losers: Exploring intervention effects using individualized follow-up. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF 4.044) Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Jakob Jonsson,Ingrid Munck,David C Hodgins,Per Carlbring
OBJECTIVE Previous research suggests that a brief duty-of-care telephone call to high expenditure customers was associated with lower gambling over the subsequent year. The current aim was to assess effects on individual trajectories rather than overall group effects reported previously. The objective was to identify different patterns of individual change over the follow-up year and explore differential