Intentions matter: How planned and unplanned alcohol and cannabis use influences outcomes.

Objective: An important antecedent of substance use among young adults is intentions for use (e.g., planned vs.

Online conversations on perceived stigma among pregnant individuals who use cannabis.

Perinatal cannabis use (PCU) is a controversial topic, as it is associated with negative neonatal and maternal outcomes. However, PCU persists, often reported in the context of perceived symptom management, and those who engage in PCU can face significant stigma. Such stigma can deter individuals from discussing their cannabis use with support persons, potentially exacerbating negative health outcomes for the parent and child.

Social/Party Incentives Increase the Risk of Heavier Alcohol Use in Impulsive Individuals.

Background: Impulsivity is associated with excessive drinking and negative alcohol-related consequences. However, studies have not used an in-vivo approach (i.e.

Influence of positive consequences on subsequent incentive ratings and drinking quantity.

Alcohol use is prevalent among young adults, with significant rates of binge drinking and frequent reports of both positive and negative consequences. The current study investigates how positive drinking consequences influence subsequent incentives ratings and drinking behavior. Utilizing mobile daily diary data from 104 young adults over two weeks (event N = 507), we assessed the impact of event-specific positive consequences on future incentive ratings and drinking quantity.

Relations Among Adolescent Alcohol and Cannabis Co-Use, Adolescent Impulsive Traits, and Prospective Change in Impulsive Traits into Emerging Adulthood.

Models of personality suggest that adolescent substance use may be associated with adolescent impulsive traits as well as changes in impulsive traits from adolescence into emerging adulthood. However, little research has focused on how adolescent alcohol and cannabis co-use, an increasingly popular and risky substance use pattern, may relate to adolescent impulsive traits as well as changes in impulsive traits from adolescence to emerging adulthood. Therefore, the current study tested patterns of adolescent co-use and their links with adolescent impulsive traits and changes in impulsive traits into emerging adulthood.

A daily diary exploration of contexts and experiences associated with planned drinking decisions in young adults.

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.

The event-based influence of incentivizing and physical contexts on daily alcohol initiation and consumption.

Background: Young adults often decide to engage in heavy drinking. Learning more about the real-time factors that predict decisions to initiate a drinking episode and how much is consumed in any single drinking episode is necessary in developing our understanding of momentary alcohol use and discrete decisions surrounding alcohol use.

Methods: The current study examined the association between contextual factors and decisions to initiate and consume alcohol in 104 young adult individuals over 2 weeks via mobile daily diary.

An exploration of multivariate symptom clusters of cannabis use disorder in young adults.

Aims: Since the release of the DSM-V, CUD has been understood as a unidimensional construct. However, continued research has identified separate symptom clusters relating to consumption, loss of control, and withdrawal within substance use disorder criteria that may pose separate risk factors and functional difficulties. The current study aims to examine how symptom clusters commonly manifest in young adults that use cannabis using a latent class analysis (LCA) and explore how these clusters are related to co-occurring psychological constructs.

Is lower severity alcohol use disorder qualitatively different than more severe manifestations? An evaluation of multivariate symptom clusters.

Background And Aims: Alcohol use disorder (AUD), since the release of DSM-V, is conceptualized and studied as a unidimensional construct. However, previous research has identified clusters of AUD symptoms related to excessive consumption/tolerance, loss of control/social dysfunction and withdrawal/craving that have shown differential genetic risks, personality associations and predictive ability. Although past 'variable-centered' (e.

Mobile assessment of decisions to drink in young adults: Examining the role of incentives and disincentives.

Background: Research on decision-making (DM) biases in persons with alcohol use disorder have largely relied on behavioral economic DM tasks, which do not assess the dynamic multitude of factors associated with real-world decisions about drinking. The current study extends the literature on DM and alcohol use by using a mobile daily diary approach to investigate whether, and how, real-world incentives and disincentives are associated with actual drinking decisions in college students.

Methods: We assessed current drinking and lifetime alcohol problems in 104 young adults (61.

Symptoms of anxiety, depression, and borderline personality in alcohol use disorder with and without comorbid substance use disorder.

Objective: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is highly comorbid with other substance use disorders (SUDs) as well as other psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety, depression, and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). However, studies of persons with AUD rarely account for its comorbidity with other SUDs. Some research suggests that BPD symptoms reflect an important connection between internalizing disorders and SUDs.

The Influence of Harm Avoidance and Impulsivity on Delay Discounting Rates.

High rates of delay discounting are associated with a range of disorders characterized by behavioral disinhibition, such as substance abuse and childhood behavioral problems. The current study extends the research of the personality correlates of delay discounting by examining its association with two domains of disinhibited personality, impulsivity and low harm avoidance. Trait measures of impulsivity and harm avoidance as well as a delay discounting task were administered to 669 young adult subjects (350 male, 319 female).