ArticleAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2020
Does Cannabis Use Predict More Severe Types of Alcohol Consequences? Longitudinal Associations in a 3-Year Study of College Students.
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- Do Subjective Effects from Alcohol and Cannabis Predict Simultaneous Use During a Decision-Making Task?Substance use & misuse · 2024Article
- The role of sex in daily levels of high-risk alcohol and cannabis co-use.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2023Article
- Frequency matters: Relations among alcohol and cannabis co-use frequency and alcohol use disorder symptoms in emerging adults.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Article
- Relations Among Adolescent Alcohol and Cannabis Co-Use, Adolescent Impulsive Traits, and Prospective Change in Impulsive Traits into Emerging Adulthood.Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.) · 2023Article
- The anticipated effects of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use: Initial development and preliminary validation.Psychological assessment · 2022Article
- Maturing out of alcohol and cannabis co-use: A test of patterns and personality predictors.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Drinking less on cannabis use days: The moderating role of UPPS-P impulsive personality traits.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Observational
- Relations between impulsive personality traits, alcohol and cannabis co-use, and negative alcohol consequences: A test of cognitive and behavioral mediators.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrior research shows that negative drinking outcomes among young adults may be exacerbated by cannabis use. However, to date, there have been few longitudinal studies of associations between cannabis use and negative alcohol-related consequences. This study examined longitudinal within-person associations between cannabis use and several domains of negative alcohol consequences among young adults and explored the moderating role of sex.
methodWe analyzed data from N = 997 students assessed 4 times per year over the first 3 years of university. At each time point, participants completed measures of past-month cannabis use frequency, typical weekly number of drinks, and 8 domains of negative alcohol consequences. Longitudinal associations were examined in multilevel models.
resultsWithin-person changes in frequency of cannabis use were not uniquely associated with changes in total alcohol consequences aggregated across several alcohol consequence domains. However, when examining alcohol consequence domains separately, within-person increases in cannabis use frequency were specifically associated with increases in some (but not all) of the more severe types of alcohol consequences, including risky behaviors, poor self-care, and alcohol dependence symptoms. No support was observed for the moderating role of sex in the longitudinal within-person associations between cannabis use and alcohol consequence domains.
conclusionsFindings suggest that within-person changes in cannabis use frequency among young adults are associated with corresponding changes in some domains of alcohol consequences (but not others) when examined over the course of several years. Results may inform targeted harm reduction interventions for young adult drinkers who use cannabis, although future research is needed to clarify the mechanisms of the observed associations.
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