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ArticlePsychopharmacology2022

The relationship between executive functioning and addictive behavior: new insights from a longitudinal community study.

Anja Kräplin, Mohsen Joshanloo, Max Wolff, Klaus-Martin Krönke, Thomas Goschke, Gerhard Bühringer, Michael N Smolka

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Article in Psychopharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04498988 (Volitional Dysfunction in Self-control Failures and Addictive Behaviors), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT04498988 completednot on this map

Volitional Dysfunction in Self-control Failures and Addictive Behaviors

TypeobservationalSponsorTechnische Universität DresdenRan2014 to 2024Enrolled338ConditionsAddictive Behavior, Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), Tobacco Use Disorder, Self-ControlArmsObservational study without interventions
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Anja KräplinWork Group Addictive Behaviors, Risk Analysis and Risk Management, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Chemnitzer Straße 46, D-01187, Dresden, Germany. anja.kraeplin@tu-dresden.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1612-3932
Mohsen JoshanlooDepartment of Psychology, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea.
Max WolffWork Group Addictive Behaviors, Risk Analysis and Risk Management, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Chemnitzer Straße 46, D-01187, Dresden, Germany.
Klaus-Martin KrönkeWork Group Addictive Behaviors, Risk Analysis and Risk Management, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Chemnitzer Straße 46, D-01187, Dresden, Germany.
Thomas GoschkeWork Group Addictive Behaviors, Risk Analysis and Risk Management, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Chemnitzer Straße 46, D-01187, Dresden, Germany.
Gerhard BühringerWork Group Addictive Behaviors, Risk Analysis and Risk Management, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Chemnitzer Straße 46, D-01187, Dresden, Germany.
Michael N SmolkaDepartment of Psychiatry, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Technische Universität Dresden · DEHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DEKeimyung University · KRUniversity of Southern Denmark · DK

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 178833530
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleAlthough there is evidence that impaired executive functioning plays a role in addictive behavior, the longitudinal relationship between the two remains relatively unknown.

objectivesIn a prospective-longitudinal community study, we tested the hypothesis that lower executive functioning is associated with more addictive behavior at one point in time and over time.

methodsThree hundred and thirty-eight individuals (19-27 years, 59% female) from a random community sample were recruited into three groups: addictive disorders related to substances (n = 100) or to behaviors (n = 118), or healthy controls (n = 120). At baseline, participants completed nine executive function tasks from which a latent variable of general executive functioning (GEF) was derived. Addictive behavior (i.e., quantity and frequency of use, and number of DSM-5 criteria met) were assessed using standardized clinical interviews at baseline and three annual follow-ups. The trajectories of addictive behaviors were examined using latent growth curve modeling.

resultsAt baseline, we found weak to no evidence of an associations between GEF and addictive behavior. We found evidence for an association between a lower GEF at baseline and a higher increase in the quantity of use and a smaller decrease in frequency of use over time, but no evidence for an association with an increase in the number of DSM-5 criteria met.

conclusionsLower EFs appear to lead to a continuing loss of control over use, whereas addictive disorders may develop secondarily after a long period of risky use. Previous etiological models assuming lower EF as a direct vulnerability factor for addictive disorders need to be refined.

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Behavior, AddictiveExecutive FunctionAdultFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleProspective StudiesBehavioral addictionsCognitive controlExecutive functionsSelf-controlSubstance use disorders

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PMID36190537
PMCPMC9584881
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