PSYCHOLOGY OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS

Effects of behavioral interventions on stress reactivity in adults with substance use disorders
McHugh RK, McCarthy MD, Bichon JA, Nguyen MD, Kneeland EK, Ellis RA, Dillon DG and Fitzmaurice GM
Heightened reactivity to stress is associated with poor treatment outcome in people with substance use disorders (SUDs). Behavioral strategies can reduce stress reactivity; however, these strategies are understudied in people with SUDs. The objective of this study was to test the effect of two behavioral strategies (cognitive reappraisal and affect labeling) on stress reactivity in people with SUDs.
Recovery capital profiles among a heterogeneous sample of individuals in recovery from alcohol problems
Knapp KS, Knapp JB and Bowen EA
Recovery capital (RC) is a framework for conceptualizing the resources individuals use to support alcohol and other drug recovery across social, physical, human, and cultural domains. The goal of this study was to identify subgroups of individuals in recovery with distinct combinations of RC across domains and characteristics of individuals with unique RC patterns.
Recovery resources for college students: Leveraging web scraping to unveil current estimates
Bell JS, Nieder A, Shore C, Blankenship A, Dolgoff E, Gibson M, Alnashri Y, Markham B, Murphy D, Singer A and Vest N
Growing recognition of the importance of addressing substance use among emerging adults has led to a rapid expansion of recovery services on college campuses. However, existing estimates on collegiate recovery programs or communities (CRPs/Cs) and other services are outdated or lack rigor, leaving the extent of these resources unclear. This study aimed to fill this gap in our understanding by providing current estimates of recovery-related resources.
How recovery definitions vary by service use pathway: Findings from a national survey of adults
Gilbert PA, Soweid L, Evans S, Brown GD, Skinstad AH and Zemore SE
How people define recovery may affect their recovery goals, service use, and ultimately their outcomes. We examined recovery definitions among adults in recovery from an alcohol use disorder (AUD) who had different service use histories.
Challenges and recommendations for overdose prevention and harm reduction in an era of fentanyl and xylazine: Perspectives of women with opioid use disorder and professionals
Harrison E, Brant K, Strong-Jones S, Skogseth E, Latkin C and Jones A
The current qualitative study examines the perspectives of women with opioid use disorder (OUD) and professionals that serve them on barriers to engaging in overdose prevention and harm reduction practices and recommendations for improving engagement.
Early-day psychosocial predictors of later-day simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use among college-attending young adults
Linden-Carmichael AN, Chiang SC, Van Doren N and Bhandari S
Simultaneous use of alcohol and cannabis is prevalent among young adults and associated with heightened risk for harms. Individuals who engage in simultaneous use report a variety of types of use occasions and risk factors driving use occasions are unique and dynamic in nature. Intervention content may thus need to adapt to address differences across occasions. As a first step toward developing momentary interventions, it is critical to identify whether and when psychosocial factors are associated with simultaneous use. The present study aimed to identify the most critical morning and afternoon risk factors for later-day simultaneous use.
Correction to "Use and co-use of tobacco and cannabis before, during, and after pregnancy: A longitudinal analysis of waves 1-5 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study" by Powers et al. (2024)
Reports an error in "Use and co-use of tobacco and cannabis before, during, and after pregnancy: A longitudinal analysis of waves 1-5 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study" by Jessica M. Powers, Sarah F. Maloney, Eva Sharma and Laura R. Stroud (, Advanced Online Publication, Apr 18, 2024, np). In Table 1, the Past 30-day cannabis use row now appears as Past 30-day cannabis only use; the Past 30-day tobacco use row now appears as Any past 30-day tobacco use. The Total sample at prepregnancy sample of 344 (50.14%) now appears as 342 (49.85%). Figure 3 also has been updated. All versions of this article have been corrected. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2024-74068-001.) Objective: Co-use of tobacco and cannabis may be prevalent in pregnancy, potentially leading to additional adverse health outcomes. Utilizing a national sample of women followed prospectively before, during, and after pregnancy, this study tested whether prepregnancy co-use of tobacco and cannabis (vs. tobacco-only use and cannabis-only use) was associated with greater likelihood of continuing to use tobacco and/or cannabis during pregnancy and postpartum.
Correction to "Measurement invariance and other psychometric properties of the Short Inventory of Problems (SIP-2R) across racial groups in adults experiencing homelessness and alcohol use disorder" by Goldstein et al. (2022)
Reports an error in "Measurement invariance and other psychometric properties of the Short Inventory of Problems (SIP-2R) across racial groups in adults experiencing homelessness and alcohol use disorder" by Silvi C. Goldstein, Nichea S. Spillane, Marie C. Tate, Lonnie A. Nelson and Susan E. Collins (, 2023[Mar], Vol 37[2], 199-208). The sample sizes in the first sentence of the Method section in the abstract now appear as (N = 493; NAI = 125, Black = 205, and White = 163). All versions of this article have been corrected. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2022-58798-001.) Objective: People experiencing homelessness are disproportionately impacted by alcohol-related harm. Racially minoritized groups are disproportionately represented in the homeless population and are likewise disproportionately impacted by alcohol-related harm. Most alcohol outcome measures have not been adequately psychometrically studied in this marginalized population and across racial groups. This study documents psychometric properties, including measurement invariance, reliability, and convergent validity, of a measure of alcohol-related harm, the Short Inventory of Problems (SIP-2R), across Black, North American Indigenous (NAI), and White adults experiencing homelessness and alcohol use disorder (AUD).
Illusion of control or passive superstition? A comparison of two explanations for irrational gambling beliefs
Monson A, James RJE, Wootton RE and Newall P
The "illusion of control" is a dominant cognitive illusion in disordered gambling, but its role in shaping irrational gambling beliefs has been questioned by recent null experimental findings. Here, we aimed to test this recent work, in a preregistered Bayesian framework, by additionally correlating the dependent variable (nonuniform probabilistic beliefs) with self-reported gambling behavior and by exploring "passive superstition" as an alternative driver of these irrational gambling beliefs.
Day-level examination of ego-network effects on college students' alcohol consumption
Bragard E, Armeli S, Feinn R, Cullum J, Litt M and Tennen H
Egocentric social network analyses show that drinking habits of college students' friends predict personal alcohol consumption. To date, most of this research focused on between-person, cross-sectional, or long-term longitudinal designs to evaluate these effects. This study used intensive longitudinal methods to examine episode-specific effects of social networks (network drinking, network composition) on college students' drinking, comparing within-person and between-person effects on individual episodic drinking, and highlighted social network characteristics that might be targeted for intervention.
Momentary cannabis use motives and associated affective changes in daily life
Wycoff AM, Haney AM, Conger KB and Trull TJ
Cannabis use is prevalent and increasing among adults in the United States. Individuals who use cannabis commonly endorse using cannabis to enhance positive affect (PA) or cope with negative affect (NA). Importantly, enhancement motives are associated with greater frequency of use, and coping motives are associated with cannabis-related problems. We used ecological momentary assessment to test whether daily-life reports of enhancement- and coping-motivated use are associated with improved affective states.
Momentary mindfulness versus distraction coping messages to reduce cannabis craving among young adults: A microrandomized trial
Stanger C, Anderson MAB, Xie H, Nnaka T, Budney AJ, Qian T, Yap JRT and Nahum-Shani I
Rates of problematic cannabis use among young adults are high and increasing. Craving for cannabis varies throughout the day and is an important risk factor for cannabis use, yet no studies to date have tested interventions offered at the moment craving is experienced in the natural environment.
Internalizing symptoms, negative urgency, and coping motives: Potential pathways to alcohol consequences
McDonald A and Corbin W
Building upon prior research, the present study tested coping motives as a mediator of relations between both negative urgency and internalizing symptoms (depression, anxiety, and stress), and alcohol-related consequences using longitudinal data. We also tested negative urgency as a moderator of prospective relations between specific internalizing symptoms and alcohol-related consequences.
From sleep to sip? Examining a daily model of sleep and trauma-related drinking among sexual violence survivors
Brockdorf AN, Brock RL, Nelson TD and DiLillo D
Alcohol misuse is common among women who have experienced sexual violence and is often attributed to the self-medication model of alcohol use to alleviate posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Despite the proximal theorized role of PTSD symptoms, less attention has been given to daily associations between PTSD symptoms, trauma-related drinking to cope (TRD) motives, and ensuing alcohol use by survivors. Moreover, despite indications that poor sleep impacts affective functioning and may exacerbate daily PTSD symptoms, the role of sleep duration and quality in drinking to cope with PTSD symptoms is not well understood. This study examined an integrated model testing whether shorter sleep duration and poorer sleep quality predict greater daily PTSD symptoms and, in turn, greater alcohol use later that day through TRD motives.
Stay focused! Exploring the compulsive nature of alcohol-related attentional bias in severe alcohol use disorder
Bollen Z, Masson N, Pabst A and Maurage P
Prominent models postulate that alcohol-related attentional bias (AB), emerging from the overactivation of the reward system, plays a key role in severe alcohol use disorder (sAUD) and is independent from voluntary control. We determined whether AB is indeed compulsive or can be modulated by the control/inhibition system.
The lived experience of gambling-related harm in natural language
van Baal ST, Bogdanski P, Daryanani A, Walasek L and Newall P
Gambling-related harms can have a significant negative impact on disordered gamblers, lower risk gamblers, and affected others. Yet, most disordered and lower risk gamblers will never seek formal treatment, often due to the stigma and shame surrounding gambling. Online self-help forums are a popular alternative way for gamblers to anonymously seek help from others. Analysis of these interactions can provide a deeper understanding of gambling than more commonly used research methodologies.
Designing and piloting a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial for opioid prevention among youth in the legal system
Ahrens KR, Brincks AM, Haggerty KP, McCarty CA, Dean S, Albertson KM, Cross SR, Ryle T and Wun A
Youth in the legal system are vulnerable to initiation and escalation of opioid use. The transition period during which a young person is released from the institutional setting to the community is a critical window of opportunity for preventive intervention targeting the uptake and intensification of opioid and other drug use. Adaptive preventive interventions are a promising approach to systematically varying the timing and intensity of substance use preventive interventions for these youth.
Social decision making in binge drinking: An exploration through moral dilemmas
Gautier M, Lannoy S and Maurage P
The continuum hypothesis proposes that binge drinking and severe alcohol use disorder (SAUD) share qualitatively similar cognitive and emotional impairments. In SAUD, these deficits have a demonstrated impact on social decision making, resulting in a utilitarian bias. Namely, when confronted with moral dilemmas, patients with SAUD tend to focus on the consequences of their actions rather than on social norms. However, social decision-making abilities remain unexplored in binge drinking. We offered the first insights on the generalization of the continuum hypothesis to social decision making, through a multinomial processing tree model applied to moral dilemmas, the "CNI model" of moral decision making.
Motives for alcohol use across the 24 hours prior to a suicide attempt
Himes KP, Littlefield AK, Conner KR and Bagge CL
Acute alcohol use is a risk factor for suicidal behavior. This study examined sources of variance (between-person, within-person) in hour-to-hour self-reported alcohol consumption and drinking motives and assessed the interrelations of different motives for alcohol use across the 24 hr preceding a suicide attempt.
Treatment of substance use disorders in adolescence and early school leaving
Bretteville-Jensen AL, Burdzovic Andreas J, Williams J and Heradstveit O
To examine early school leaving in a longitudinal cohort of all high school students treated for substance use disorder (SUD) and their demographic counterparts in Norway.
Associations between posting about alcohol on social networking sites and alcohol-induced blackouts in a sample of young adults not in 4-year college
Merrill JE, Davidson L, Riordan BC, Logan Z and Ward RM
Research among young adults (YA), in samples of majority White college students, indicates links between posting about alcohol on social media and self-reported drinking behavior. We sought to extend this work by examining unique associations between public versus private posting about alcohol and the high-risk outcome of alcohol-related blackouts among a sample of racially/ethnically diverse YA not in 4-year college.