Deconstructing the neurobiology of cannabis use disorder

JMN Ferland, YL Hurd - Nature Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
There have been dramatic changes worldwide in the attitudes toward and consumption of
recreational and medical cannabis. Cannabinoid receptors, which mediate the actions of …

Coronavirus (COVID‐19) in the United Kingdom: A personality‐based perspective on concerns and intention to self‐isolate

AM Bacon, PJ Corr - British Journal of Health Psychology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Public behaviour change is necessary to contain the spread of coronavirus
(COVID‐19). Based on the reinforcement sensitivity theory (RST) framework, this study …

Dysregulation as a correlate of cannabis use and problem use

HI Lopez-Vergara, KM Jackson, LZ Meshesha… - Addictive behaviors, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective Cannabis users with a dysregulatory risk factor may be particularly vulnerable to
engaging in more frequent and problematic cannabis use. Contemporary models of …

PTSD symptoms and alcohol-related problems among veterans: Temporal associations and vulnerability.

JS Simons, RM Simons, JA Keith… - Journal of abnormal …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with elevated risk of both alcohol use
disorder (AUD) and related conduct problems, which are associated with behavioral and …

Why don't they stop? Understanding unplanned marijuana use among adolescents and young adults.

NN Emery, RW Carpenter… - Psychology of …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Difficulty regulating substance use is a core feature of addiction that can manifest as
unplanned use. This study sought to identify internal and situational influences on …

The clinical assessment of vaping exposure

EW Boyer, S Levy, D Smelson, S Vargas… - Journal of addiction …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Vaping, the inhalation of a nicotine or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD), or
non-drug infused solution delivered by vaping devices, is a growing phenomenon across …

Medical, subjective and objective forms of exercise dependence and the role of learning, cognitive and emotional biases

K Nicholls, P Dean, J Ogden - Journal of Health Psychology, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite numerous benefits of regular exercise, research has demonstrated some people
develop problematic exercise behaviour, with ongoing debates regarding the definition. This …

[HTML][HTML] Sensitivity to reward and punishment and alcohol outcomes: Metacognition as a moderator

RE Sistad, RM Simons, JS Simons - Addictive behaviors reports, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction The purpose of this study was to examine associations between inhibitory
(sensitivity to punishment [SP], adaptive metacognition) and facilitatory (sensitivity to reward …

Reward sensitivity, affective neuroscience personality, symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and TPH2-703G/T (rs4570625) genotype

A Pulver, E Kiive, J Harro - Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 2020 - cambridge.org
Objective: Reward sensitivity is an increasingly used construct in psychiatry, yet its possible
inner structure and relationship with other affective variables are not well known. Methods: A …

The role of reward sensitivity in obesity and its association with Transcription Factor AP-2B: A longitudinal birth cohort study

U Katus, I Villa, I Ringmets, A Pulver, T Veidebaum… - Neuroscience …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective One factor potentially contributing to obesity is reward sensitivity. We investigated
the association between reward sensitivity and measures of obesity from 9–33 years of age …