ReviewDrug and alcohol dependence2018
Affect and cannabis use in daily life: a review and recommendations for future research.
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72 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) Task Force Report: A Systematic Review and Recommendations of Cannabis use in Bipolar Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2023Pooled it
- Parsing impulsivity in individuals with anxiety and depression who use Cannabis.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Trial
- Depressive symptoms and cannabis use in a placebo-controlled trial of N-Acetylcysteine for adult cannabis use disorder.Psychopharmacology · 2020Trial
- A comparison of signal- and event-contingent ambulatory assessment of interpersonal behavior and affect in social situations.Psychological assessment · 2019Trial
- Ecological momentary assessments and interventions for youth substance use across clinical settings: A systematic review.Research square · 2026Article
- Beyond cannabis use severity: associations of cannabis product type with sleep quality and mental health.Psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Binge alcohol and cannabis co-use associated with depression in Black men.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2026Article
- Effects of Ecological Momentary Assessment Prompting Schedule on Affect Measurement Variability and Associations With Next-Day Health Behaviors.Assessment · 2026Article
- Testing the robustness of daily associations of affect with alcohol and cannabis use.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2026Article
- Perceptions of negative reinforcement in the natural environment: Characterizing subjective alcohol- and cannabis-contingent relief.Addictive behaviors · 2026Article
- The effect of cannabis use on the time course of positive and negative affect in the daily life of youth.Psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Daily patterns of substance use among young adults who vape nicotine and cannabis: Latent class analysis of smartphone-based daily diary data.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026Article
- Self-regulation resource model of body compassion in multiple sclerosis.Rehabilitation psychology · 2026Article
- Intentions matter: How planned and unplanned alcohol and cannabis use influences outcomes.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2026Article
- Alcohol and cannabis use predicted by affect-urgency interactions in everyday life.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2026Article
- Psychological distress, distress tolerance, and cannabis-related problems among university students in Türkiye: a mixed-methods study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Real-time antecedents of cannabis use among young adults: An Ecological Momentary Assessment study.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Situational correlates of adolescents' alcohol outcome expectancies in daily life.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025Article
- Experimental study on cannabis use and affect: Effects on reactivity to and recovery from negative stimuli.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2025Article
- Perceptions of Infant Cry Sounds Among Tobacco and Cannabis Using Mothers and Their Association with Tobacco and Cannabis Cravings.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough cannabis is often used for the purposes of relieving negative affective states such as anxiety and depression, the associations between cannabis use and affect in daily life are unclear. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) has been used to study these associations in individuals' natural environments, providing more ecological validity, minimizing retrospective bias, and allowing for the analysis of within-individual processes over time. This review focuses on studies that utilized EMA to examine daily-life associations of cannabis use and negative and positive affective states.
methodsWe review the findings of the 19 articles that met inclusion criteria, including clinical and community samples.
resultsResults provide equivocal evidence regarding relations between cannabis use and affect for community samples. Findings are mixed for clinical samples as well, but more consistent patterns emerge for general negative affect (NA) and anger/hostility at the momentary level; cannabis use may be more likely following increased NA and lead to decreases in NA and anger/hostility in psychiatric populations.
conclusionsFindings support a negative reinforcement hypothesis for clinical samples in terms of general NA and anger/hostility. However, discrepancies among studies point to a need to thoroughly characterize samples, consider motives for and expectancies of use, improve quantification of cannabis use, and consider co-use with other substances. Additional design recommendations are also offered for future studies.
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