SynthesisPsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2018
Nonacute effects of cannabis use on motivation and reward sensitivity in humans: A systematic review.
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- Factors Associated with Reduced Clinical Response in Adult ADHD: The Role of Alcohol and Cannabis Use Disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Altered Neurobehavioral Reward Response Predicts Psychotic-Like Experiences in Youth Exposed to Cannabis Prenatally.Biological psychiatry · 2026Article
- Beyond the high: exploring socioecological influences on cannabis use in older women with and without HIV.The Gerontologist · 2025Article
- A behavioural and neurobiological assessment of effort-based decision-making in cannabis use disorder: An initial/preliminary investigation.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2025Article
- Cannabis, cannabinoids and health: a review of evidence on risks and medical benefits.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025Review
- Chronic ΔNeuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Perceived Ethnic Discrimination and Negative Emotional Reactivity to Minority Stress: Association with Cannabis Use Processes Among United States Hispanic/Latinx Adults.Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.) · 2025Article
- Cannabis Use, Use Disorder, and Workplace Absenteeism in the U.S., 2021-2022.American journal of preventive medicine · 2024Article
- Association between cannabis use disorder and greater apathy in adults with HIV.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
- Revealing the Unseen: Detecting Negative Symptoms in Students.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Long-Term Tamoxifen Effects in the Cyclic Interaction of the Endocannabinoid and Endocrine System in the Rat Central Nervous System.Biomedicines · 2023Article
- Clearing up the smoke: Physical and mental health considerations regarding cannabis use in adolescents with cystic fibrosis.Pediatric pulmonology · 2023Review
- Brain reward function in people who use cannabis: a systematic review.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023Review
- Alcohol and cannabinoid binges and daily exposure to nicotine in adolescent/young adult rats induce sex-dependent long-term appetitive instrumental learning impairment.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023Article
- Effects of Cannabis on PTSD Recovery: Review of the Literature and Clinical Insights.Current addiction reports · 2022Article
- Resting Hypoconnectivity of Theoretically Defined Addiction Networks during Early Abstinence Predicts Subsequent Relapse in Alcohol Use Disorder.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2022Article
- Workplace Cannabis Policies: A Moving Target.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2022Review
- Prenatal metal mixture concentrations and reward motivation in children.Neurotoxicology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Reduced motivation is often noted as a consequence of cannabis use. However, prior studies examining this association have suboptimally operationalized motivation and have yielded mixed findings. This review discusses motivation and the closely related construct of reward sensitivity. We summarize the available literature examining associations between motivation and cannabis use, addressing the following questions: (a) Is there evidence for decreased motivation among cannabis users? (b) Is there evidence that lack of motivation among cannabis users is specific to their use of cannabis (rather than to use of other addictive drugs)? and (c) Is there evidence suggesting a causal relationship between cannabis use and motivation? Using PubMed, PsycINFO, and WebofScience, we conducted a literature search of studies examining nonacute effects of cannabis use on motivation, apathy, amotivation, effort, and reward sensitivity in humans. This search yielded 22 studies, which were reviewed in detail. We conclude that, although cross-sectional evidence of a cannabis-specific effect on motivation is equivocal, there is partial support from longitudinal studies for a causal link between cannabis use and reduced motivation. Additionally, we propose that reward sensitivity and motivation represent distinct yet related constructs and that reductions in one may not always lead to reductions in the other. Future work should longitudinally examine associations between cannabis use, motivation, and reward sensitivity; carefully define and operationalize these constructs; and control for the influence of potential confounding factors. (PsycINFO Database Record
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