ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2015
The role of decision-making in cannabis-related problems among young adults.
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- The Relationships of Early Use of Marijuana With Substance Use and Violence in Adolescent Gamblers and Non-Gamblers.Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Gender-based differential item functioning in the Cannabis-Associated Problems Questionnaire: A replication and extension.Addictive behaviors · 2021Article
- Relative insensitivity to time-out punishments induced by win-paired cues in a rat gambling task.Psychopharmacology · 2019Article
- Decision-Making as a Latent Construct and its Measurement Invariance in a Large Sample of Adolescent Cannabis Users.Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS · 2019Article
- Consideration of future consequences as a moderator of the willingness-behavior relationship for young adult marijuana use and consequences.Addictive behaviors · 2018Article
- Transition to drug co-use among adolescent cannabis users: The role of decision-making and mental health.Addictive behaviors · 2018Article
- Longitudinal changes in cognition in young adult cannabis users.Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology · 2018Article
- Sex and age differences in risk factors of marijuana involvement during adolescence.Addictive disorders & their treatment · 2018Article
- Optogenetic Inhibition Reveals Distinct Roles for Basolateral Amygdala Activity at Discrete Time Points during Risky Decision Making.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2017Article
- Predictors of Adult E-Cigarette Users Vaporizing Cannabis Using E-Cigarettes and Vape-Pens.Substance use & misuse · 2017Article
- Marijuana effects on changes in brain structure and cognitive function among HIV+ and HIV- adults.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2017Article
- Decision-Making Does not Moderate the Association between Cannabis Use and Body Mass Index among Adolescent Cannabis Users.Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundDeficits in decision-making and episodic memory are often reported among heavy cannabis users, yet little is known on how they influence negative consequences from cannabis use. Individual differences in decision-making may explain, in part, why some individuals experience significant problems from their cannabis use whereas others do not. We hypothesized that poor decision-making would moderate relationships between amount of cannabis use and problems from cannabis use whereas episodic memory performance would not.
methodYoung adult cannabis users (n=52) with cannabis as their drug of choice and with minimal comorbidities completed semi-structured interviews, self-report questionnaires, and measures of neurocognitive functioning, with decision-making accessed via the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), episodic memory via the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test - Revised (HVLT) and problems from cannabis use with the Marijuana Problems Scale.
resultsStrong relationships were observed between amount of cannabis use (lifetime, 12-month, and 30-day) and problems reported from use, but only among participants with low (impaired) decision-making (R(2)=.39 to .51; p<.01). No significant relationships were observed among those with better (low average to high average) decision-making performance (p>.05). In contrast, episodic memory performance was not a significant moderator of the relationship between amount of cannabis use and cannabis problems (p>.05).
conclusionsCannabis users with poor decision-making may be at greater risk for experiencing significant negative consequences from their cannabis use. Our results lend further support to emerging evidence of decision-making as a risk factor for addiction and extend these findings to cannabis users.
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