ArticlePsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2016
The couple that smokes together: Dyadic marijuana use and relationship functioning during conflict.
Article in Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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- Couples-based health behavior change interventions: A relationship science perspective on the unique opportunities and challenges to improve dyadic health.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2024Article
- Alcohol and Cannabis Use Within Emerging Adults' Committed Romantic Relationships: Associations with Relationship Functioning and Quality of Life.Emerging adulthood (Print) · 2023Article
- Relationship perceptions and conflict behavior among cannabis users.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Intimate Partner Violence and Couple Conflict Behaviors: The Moderating Effect of Drug Use Problem Severity.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2022Article
- Substance use behaviors in the daily lives of U.S. college students reporting recent use: The varying roles of romantic relationships.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2021Article
- Using actor-partner interdependence modeling to understand recent illicit opioid use and injection drug use among men in community supervision and their female partners in New York City.The International journal on drug policy · 2020Article
- Association of Cannabis Use With Intimate Partner Violence Among Couples With Substance Misuse.The American journal on addictions · 2020Article
- Relationship functioning and substance use in same-sex male couples.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Article
- Preliminary development of a neuroimaging paradigm to examine neural correlates of relationship conflict.Psychiatry research. Neuroimaging · 2019Article
- Marijuana Use Episodes and Partner Intimacy Experiences: A Daily Report Study.Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.) · 2019Article
- Marijuana use by intimate partners: Does discrepant use impair relationship functioning?Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2018Article
- Conceptual and statistical issues in couples observational research: Rationale and methods for design decisions.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2017Article
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Abstract
Self-reported marijuana use has been associated with poor relationship functioning and decreased stability over time. The present study examined the behavioral interactions of couples with concordant and discordant patterns of marijuana use during conflict, using individual self-reports and observation by independent coders. Heavy drinking community couples (N = 149) participated in a conflict resolution paradigm. Interactions were recorded and coded by naïve coders. Approximately 30% of the sample reported past year marijuana use. Actor-Partner Interdependence Models and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) were used to evaluate the individual and interactive effects of dyadic marijuana use on maladaptive relationship functioning. A Robust Actor × Partner Marijuana Use interaction was detected for a range of behavioral outcomes, assessed by both self-report and direct observation, including relationship satisfaction, anger experience, patterns of demand and withdrawal during conflict, constructive behaviors, and overall relationship quality. Specifically, couples in which both partners used or abstained from marijuana displayed more adaptive relationship functioning across indicators relative to couples in which only 1 partner identified as a marijuana user. This pattern was particularly strong for couples in which the female partner used marijuana and the male partner did not. Couples with discordant, rather than concordant, marijuana use displayed distinct conflict resolution behaviors that were consistent with the long-term negative relationship outcomes that have been observed in previous studies. (PsycINFO Database Record
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