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.
Conclusions: The differential time-varying associations between negative affect, positive affect, alcohol craving, adaptive alcohol coping, and alcohol use provide insights into how and when each of the MOBCs is active during AUD treatment. These findings can help optimize the efficacy of future AUD treatments. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors)
Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors - May 18, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Alcohol and common ground: The effects of intoxication on linguistic markers of shared understanding during social exchange.
Conclusions: Results suggest that alcohol facilitates the development of shared linguistic understanding in novel social spaces, indicating common ground as one potential mechanism to consider in our broader examination of alcohol reinforcement and AUD etiology. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors)
Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors - May 11, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
The labels and models used to describe problematic substance use impact discrete elements of stigma: A registered report.
This study isolates the different factors used in these two studies to assess whether health condition (drug use vs. health concern), etiological label (brain disease vs. problem), and attributional judgment (low vs. high treatment stability) influence public stigma toward problematic substance use. Method: Overall, 1,613 participants were assigned randomly to one of the eight vignette conditions that manipulated these factors. They completed self-report measures of discrete and general public stigma and an indirect measure of discrimination. Results: Greater social distance, danger, and public stigma but lower blame were ...
Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors - May 11, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Cognitive behavioral therapy versus general health education for smoking cessation: A randomized controlled trial among diverse treatment seekers.
Conclusions: Group CBT was efficacious compared with GHE. However, cessation patterns suggested that intensive group interventions were less beneficial over the longer term among lower socioeconomic African American and Latino individuals, compared with White participants. Tobacco interventions should target racial and ethnic and socioeconomic differences, via culturally specific approaches and other means. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors)
Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors - May 4, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Using mobile technology to influence alcohol-impaired driving risk perceptions and decisions.
Conclusions: We found that BrAC-cued warning messages reduced the probability of AID and willingness to drive while impaired, and increased the perceived danger of driving after drinking. These results serve as proof-of-concept for the use of mobile technology to deliver an adaptive just-in-time intervention to reduce the probability of AID. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors)
Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors - May 4, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Careless responding in online studies is associated with alcohol use: A mega-analysis.
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, Vol 38(1), Feb 2024, 56-64; doi:10.1037/adb0000924Objective: 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 online studies examining alcohol use and related problems which also addressed careless responding. We obtained 13 data sets of 12,237 part...
Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors - April 20, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Daily associations between cannabis use and alcohol use among people who use cannabis for both medicinal and nonmedicinal reasons: Substitution or complementarity?
Conclusions: Day-level cannabis-alcohol associations may be complementary rather than substitutive among people who use cannabis for both medicinal and nonmedicinal reasons, and lower (rather than greater) cannabis consumption on medicinal use days may explain the link between medicinal reasons for cannabis use and reduced alcohol use. Still, these individuals may use greater amounts of both cannabis and alcohol when using cannabis for exclusively nonmedicinal reasons. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors)
Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors - April 20, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Cannabis demand and use among veterans: A prospective examination.
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, Vol 37(8), Dec 2023, 985-995; doi:10.1037/adb0000916Objective: 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 and use over time, have yet to be investigated. Method: Two waves of data from a veteran sample (N = 133) reporting current (past 6-month) ca...
Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors - April 20, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Examining science and media literacy health communication messages to reduce intentions to use cannabis while pregnant.
Conclusions: Messages focused on both media literacy and science literacy may be of value to pregnant people who use cannabis, with science literacy likely having a more direct effect. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors)
Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors - April 20, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Applying the prototype willingness model to day-level simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use.
Conclusions: Findings support applying the PWM to event-level simultaneous use among young adults. Future work should establish if PWM day-level constructs are modifiable targets that may be utilized in intervention work focused on reducing simultaneous use and related harms. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors)
Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors - April 20, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
A mobile-based pregaming drinking prevention intervention for college students: A pilot randomized controlled trial.
Conclusions: Findings suggest the brief mobile PACE intervention has potential to address risky drinking, but more intensive pregaming-focused efforts may be necessary to achieve stronger and lasting effects among college students. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors)
Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors - April 13, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Examining indirect effects of advertising exposure on young adults’ cannabis and nicotine vaping.
Conclusions: Although exposure to cannabis advertisements may not be directly associated with young adults’ cannabis vaping 2 years later, the effects of advertising exposure may be exerted indirectly by increasing positive beliefs about cannabis. Implications for public health policy are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors)
Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors - April 10, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Risk and protective factors of social networks on alcohol, cannabis, and opioid use among urban American Indian/Alaska Native emerging adults.
Conclusions: Findings emphasize what many studies have shown among various racial/ethnic groups—having network members who use substances increases the chance of use. Findings also highlight that traditional practices may be an important part of the prevention approach for this population. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors)
Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors - April 6, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Frequency and factors related to substance use among Black individuals aged 15–40 years old in Canada: The role of everyday racial discrimination.
This study thus aims to examine the frequency and factors related to substance use in Black communities in Canada. Method: A total of 845 Black individuals in Canada (76.6% female) completed questionnaires assessing substance use (i.e., alcohol, cannabis, and other drugs), everyday racial discrimination, resilience, religious involvement, and sociodemographic information. Multivariable regression analyses were used to determine factors related to substance use among Black individuals. Results: The findings showed that 14.8% (95% CI [8.60, 20.94]) of participants reported using any substance (i.e., alcohol, cannabis, and ot...
Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors - March 30, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Peer connectedness and substance use in adolescence: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Conclusions: Being perceived as popular by one’s peers is positively related to substance use among adolescents. This relationship is stronger and more consistent than those between substance use and other peer-connectedness variables, underscoring the necessity of operationalizing these constructs specifically and clearly. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors)
Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors - March 27, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
