ArticleSubstance use & misuse2015
ADHD and Marijuana-Use Expectancies in Young Adulthood.
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- The interplay between externalizing disorders polygenic risk scores and contextual factors on the development of marijuana use disorders.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Trial
- ADHD Symptoms and Medical Cannabis Use Among Adults With Chronic Pain.Journal of attention disorders · 2025Article
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- Developmental Risk, Adversity Experiences and ADHD Clinical Profiles: A Naturalistic Exploratory Study.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Specificity of expectancies prospectively predicting alcohol and marijuana use in adulthood in the Pittsburgh ADHD longitudinal study.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2019Article
- The Qualitative Interview Study of Persistent and Nonpersistent Substance Use in the MTA: Sample Characteristics, Frequent Use, and Reasons for Use.Journal of attention disorders · 2018Article
- How Substance Users With ADHD Perceive the Relationship Between Substance Use and Emotional Functioning.Journal of attention disorders · 2018Article
- Associations between childhood ADHD, gender, and adolescent alcohol and marijuana involvement: A causally informative design.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Article
- What Did You Expect?: The Interaction Between Cigarette and Blunt vs. Non-Blunt Marijuana Use among African American Young Adults.Journal of substance use · 2017Article
- Heavy Drinking in University Students With and Without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Contributions of Drinking Motives and Protective Behavioral Strategies.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2017Article
- ADHD-associated risk taking is linked to exaggerated views of the benefits of positive outcomes.Scientific reports · 2016Article
- "I Use Weed for My ADHD": A Qualitative Analysis of Online Forum Discussions on Cannabis Use and ADHD.PloS one · 2016Article
- Disruptive Behavior Disorders and Marijuana Use: The Role of Depressive Symptoms.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study examined mean level differences in marijuana expectancies and the differential associations between expectancies and marijuana use for individuals with and without a history of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
backgroundSubstance-use expectancies are a widely studied risk factor for alcohol and other drug use. The relations between marijuana-use expectancies and self-reported marijuana use have not been examined in young adults with ADHD, a population shown to be at risk for marijuana use.
methodParticipants were 306 (190 ADHD and 116 non-ADHD) young adults (M age = 20.06, SD = 2.03) from the Pittsburgh ADHD Longitudinal Study (PALS) who provided data about marijuana use and marijuana-use expectancies.
resultsIndividuals in the ADHD group reported lower levels of social enhancement, tension reduction, and cognitive and behavioral-impairment expectancies compared to individuals in the non-ADHD group. Positive and negative marijuana-use expectancies were associated with marijuana use frequency in the whole sample and statistically significant ADHD group by expectancy interactions were found. Sexual-enhancement expectancies were more strongly associated with marijuana use frequency among individuals with ADHD histories while cognitive behavioral-impairment expectancies were more strongly associated with marijuana use frequency among individuals without ADHD.
conclusionsMarijuana-use expectancies may be acquired, and operate differently, for individuals with and without ADHD histories. Although future research is needed to test this speculation, these differences may be associated with ADHD-related difficulties in higher order cognitive processes that affect the encoding and utilization of expectations regarding marijuana's effects.
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