The Psychology of Addictive Behaviors publishes peer-reviewed original articles related to the psychological aspects of addictive behaviors. Articles on the following topics are included: (a) alcohol and alcoholism, (b) drug use and abuse, (c) eating
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Peer Alcohol Behavior Moderates Within-Level Associations Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Alcohol Use in College Students.

Self-medication theory (SMT) posits that individuals exposed to trauma and resulting posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSD) are at risk for heavy drinking and associated negative consequences. Close peer alcohol use is also a powerful predictor of alcohol involvement in college, particularly influencing those with greater negative affect. As individuals...

Thu Jul 13, 2017 22:31
Target Quit Date Timing as a Predictor of Smoking Cessation Outcomes.

Evidence is mixed on whether timing of a target quit date (TQD) has an effect on quit success. The purpose of this secondary analysis of data from a prospective longitudinal study was to determine if time to TQD was a predictor of smoking abstinence at follow-up. Between 2011 and 2013, a total of 5,793 adult smokers participated in a 1-hr psychoeducation...

Thu Jul 13, 2017 22:31
Between- and Within-Person Associations Between Negative Life Events and Alcohol Outcomes in Adolescents With ADHD.

Escalations in alcohol use during adolescence may be linked with exposure to negative life events, but most of this research has focused on between-person associations. Moreover, adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be an especially vulnerable population, reporting more life events and alcohol involvement and may even...

Thu Jul 13, 2017 22:31
The Association Between Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs and Extreme Weight Control Behavior Among Adolescents.

Although extreme weight control behavior (EWCB) is associated with substance use, no research has examined the association between the nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) and EWCB. Self-report data were collected from a sample of 4,148 students in Grades 9–12 enrolled in 5 high schools across the United States. Logistic regression models were...

Thu Jul 13, 2017 22:31
The Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana Scale: Further Examination Using Item Response Theory.

Given recent state legislation legalizing marijuana for recreational purposes and majority popular opinion favoring these laws, we developed the Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana scale (PBSM) to identify strategies that may mitigate the harms related to marijuana use among those young people who choose to use the drug. In the current study,...

Thu Jul 13, 2017 22:31
A Longitudinal Study Predicting Adolescent Tobacco, Alcohol, and Cannabis Use by Behavioral Characteristics of Close Friends.

Few studies have examined in detail how specific behaviors of close friends put adolescents at risk for specific types of substance use. Using a prospective, longitudinal design, we examined how well the substance use of 248 young urban adolescents was predicted by perceptions of their 3 closest friends’ problematic behaviors: (1) using substances,...

Thu Jul 13, 2017 22:31

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