Effects of Messaging and Psychological Reactance on Marijuana Craving.

Conclusions/Importance: Anti-MJ messages designed to discourage use might heighten reactance and inadvertently lead to greater craving and intent to use. The link between reactance and craving may be more affectively mediated than the link between reactance and message rejection. PMID: 31418607 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31418607?dopt=Abstract

Source: Substance Use and Misuse - August 18, 2019 Category: Addiction Tags: Subst Use Misuse Source Type: research