Addictive Behaviors

Papers
(The TQCC of Addictive Behaviors is 10. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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The effect of alcohol use disorder symptom and recovery narratives on problem-recognition: A randomized online trial220
Does the time to nicotine dependence vary by internalizing symptoms for young people who use e-cigarettes? An analysis of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, (Waves 1–5; 2013132
Associations between social media engagement and young adults’ subsequent onset of ENDS dependence symptoms one year later93
Value-based decision-making in regular alcohol consumers following experimental manipulation of alcohol value84
Acute effects of exercise among individuals with schizophrenia who smoke cigarettes81
Decision-making and frontoparietal resting-state functional connectivity among impulsive-compulsive diagnoses. Insights from a Bayesian approach79
Metacognitions as a predictor of problematic social media use and internet gaming disorder: Development and psychometric properties of the Metacognitions about Social Media Use Scale (MSMUS)73
The business of recovery: A novel pilot study psychosocial intervention to build self-efficacy and reduce relapse risk in adolescent substance use treatment71
The reliability of attentional biases for gambling-related images in free-viewing eye-tracking paradigms69
Gambling disorder in minority ethnic groups68
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Social norms and problematic gaming among adolescents: The role of Internet use coping motives62
Use of protective behavioral strategies and blackout experience among mandated college students62
Sticking with it? Factors associated with exercise adherence in people with alcohol use disorder61
Examining the relationship between alcohol consumption, psychological distress and COVID-19 related circumstances: An Australian longitudinal study in the first year of the pandemic61
Association between relationship adaptation and Internet gaming disorder among first-year secondary school students in China: Mediation effects via social support and loneliness57
Characterizing the dimensions of positive emotion functioning in young adult alcohol use and alcohol-related problems56
Is psychological distress the key factor in the association between problematic social networking sites and poor sleep quality?53
Assessing alcohol use in situ: Correlates of self-report vs. objective alcohol consumption51
Self-perceived impact of COVID-19 and risk behaviors among adolescents: Results from the HBSC 2021/22 study in 21 European countries50
Tobacco withdrawal-induced changes in sensorimotor filtering as a predictor of smoking lapse in trauma-exposed individuals50
Factors associated with changes in flavored tobacco products used: Findings from wave 2 and wave 3 (2014–2016) of the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study49
Stealth vaping and associated attitudes, perceptions, and control beliefs among US college students across four tobacco-free campuses48
Do emotion regulation and impulsivity differ according to gambling preferences in clinical samples of gamblers?48
Influence of positive consequences on subsequent incentive ratings and drinking quantity47
Posttraumatic stress and substance use among military veterans: Associations with distress intolerance and anxiety sensitivity45
Craving and emotional responses to trauma and cannabis cues in trauma-exposed cannabis users: Influence of PTSD symptom severity45
A review of mathematical modeling of addiction regarding both (neuro-) psychological processes and the social contagion perspectives44
Alcohol and marijuana use predicting next-day absenteeism and engagement at school and work: A daily study of young adults43
Examining the individual and combined influence of negative affect and nicotine cue provocation on craving to vape nicotine among e-cigarette users43
Psychometric validation of the Chinese version of the desire thinking questionnaire in adolescent mobile phone users40
Problematic gaming, psychiatric comorbidities, and adolescence: A systematic review of the literature40
Unveiling the relationships between solitary experiences and problematic social media use in young adults: a network approach to investigating underlying motivations39
Time since initiation on current vaping among adolescents and associations with adverse health outcomes39
Profiling gamers: The role of mental health, attachment and social factors in gaming behaviors38
Illicit drug use and associated health risk behaviors among sexual minority youth38
Correlates of youth Poly-E-Cigarette device use36
Sleep disruption, stress, and craving during inpatient treatment for opioid use disorder36
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Intranasal as needed naloxone in the treatment of gambling disorder: A randomised controlled trial35
“I have no control over how much time I play” the metacognitions about online gaming scale: Evidence from a cross-cultural validation among Israeli adolescents35
The company you keep: The neglected role of affiliating with delinquent friends in the development of the cannabis-violence link35
Indirect effects of emotion regulation in the relationship between pain and cannabis use in adults 18–64 years35
In what settings and social contexts do young adults vape or smoke cannabis? Findings from a web-based diary pilot study34
Analysis of participant-rated feasibility and acceptability of an online, theory-based pre-drinking behavioural intervention33
Mediating effect of craving on the impact of buprenorphine/naloxone and methadone treatment on opioid use: Results from a randomized controlled trial33
Associations between insomnia symptoms and prescription opioid and benzodiazepine misuse in a nationally representative sample33
Youth tobacco and cannabis use and co-use: Associations with daily exposure to tobacco marketing within activity spaces and by travel patterns32
Was COVID-19 associated with increased cigarette purchasing, consumption, and smoking at home among US smokers in early 2020? Findings from the US arm of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four C32
Daily mindfulness homework completion is associated with reduced drinking during a mindfulness-enriched emotion regulation treatment for alcohol use disorder31
Goal-directed and habitual decision making under stress in gambling disorder: An fMRI study30
Prevalence and risk factors associated with psychostimulant use among Black individuals: A meta-analysis and systematic review30
Warning label messages about the cancer risk associated with alcohol: Effects of causal language30
Compositional associations of time spent in sleep, screen time, and physical activity with polysubstance use in adolescents29
The effect of Varenicline and Bupropion on smoking cessation: A network meta-analysis of 20 randomized controlled trials28
Online racism, depressive and anxiety symptoms, coping-related drinking motives, and alcohol use severity among Black, Latina/o/x, and Asian emerging adults28
The associations between attachment, self-esteem, fear of missing out, daily time expenditure, and problematic social media use: A path analysis model27
The relationship between parental psychological control and problematic smartphone use in early Chinese adolescence: A repeated-measures study at two time-points27
Differentiating action from inaction: Longitudinal relations among impulsive personality traits, internalizing symptoms, and drinking behavior27
Theoretical components of smoking cessation interventions for persons with physical disabilities: A scoping review27
Preventing the transitions in poly-tobacco use among young adults: A latent transition analysis of a smoking reduction intervention trial26
Trends in vaping and smoking behavior before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: Beneficial and potentially detrimental changes25
Factors influencing perceptions of electronic cigarette and nicotine replacement therapy use among French smokers experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage: A latent class analysis25
Daily-level associations between alcohol use cognitions and normative perceptions among adolescents: An intensive longitudinal study25
Corrigendum to “Use of electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) devices among U.S. Youth and adults: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study Waves 1–5” [Addict. Behav. 1325
Development of an individualized procedure to induce reward-related impulsivity and evaluating its impact on drinking control25
Associations between smoking history, baseline pain interference and symptom distribution, and physical function at discharge, in individuals seeking care for musculoskeletal pain25
Diversity in opioid-related stigma interventions: A systematic review24
How well do DSM-5 criteria measure alcohol use disorder in the general population of older Swedish adolescents? An item response theory analysis24
Posttraumatic stress and pain-related anxiety among trauma-exposed adults with chronic pain in terms of opioid misuse and dependence24
Is smoking reduction and cessation associated with increased e-cigarette use? Findings from a nationally representative sample of adult smokers in Australia24
People are not becoming “AIholic”: Questioning the “ChatGPT addiction” construct24
How to pin a compulsive behavior down: A systematic review and conceptual synthesis of compulsivity-sensitive items in measures of behavioral addiction24
Delaying Gratification’s role in the relationship between facets of mindfulness and substance use outcomes24
Potential risk and protective factors related to problematic social media use among adolescents in Iran: A latent profile analysis24
Is less more? Dismantling imaginal retraining and examining the effects of psychoeducation and embodied cognition on craving and alcohol consumption in problem drinkers: A randomized controlled trial24
Correlates of smoking discarded cigarettes in a sample of low-income adults24
Association between cannabis use and nicotine use persistence among adolescents23
Profiles of alcohol and cannabis protective behavioral strategies use across two large, multi-site college student samples of concurrent alcohol and cannabis users23
Meme asset wagering: Perceptions of risk, overconfidence, and gambling problems23
Problematic behaviors can occur without distress: A person-centered analysis of behavioral, substance-related, and mental health indicators23
Taking alcohol from one’s parents’ home without permission as a risk factor for greater alcohol and marijuana use during the transition into college23
Sleep quality and duration as predictors of alcohol and cannabis use motives in daily life23
Cannabis use and neurocognitive performance at 13–14 Years-Old: Optimizing assessment with hair toxicology in the Adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study23
Factors associated with intentions to quit vaping and quit attempts among Adolescents: A structural equation modeling approach23
Exposure to Bupropion-SR vs. Placebo is associated with reductions in smoking among persons receiving methadone with no stated interest in smoking cessation23
A latent class approach to understanding longitudinal sleep health and the association with alcohol and cannabis use during late adolescence and emerging adulthood23
How does health communication on social media influence e-cigarette perception and use? A trend analysis from 2017 to 202022
Corrigendum to “E-cigarette use and change in plans to quit cigarette smoking among adult smokers in the United States: Longitudinal findings from the PATH Study 2014–2019” [Addict. Behav. 124 (2022) 22
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A motivational approach to understanding problematic smartphone use and negative outcomes in university students22
Daily patterns of single and poly-substance use among adolescent and young adult females: A day-level latent class analysis22
Profiles of fear of missing out and their social media use among young adults: A six-month longitudinal study22
The effect of heavy smoking on retirement risk: A mendelian randomisation analysis22
Identifying high school smokers likely to persist in smoking at age 3121
Internalizing problems are associated with initiation and past 30-Day use of flavored tobacco products21
Epilogue to the Special Issue on Predrinking and drinking game behaviors among adolescents and young adults in the United States and across the globe: Problems to be addressed in future predrinking re21
Psychometric properties and factor structure of the brief Wisconsin Inventory of Smoking Dependence Motives among Spanish smokers from the general population21
License to look? The role of permissive beliefs, desire thinking, and self-control in predicting the use of social networking sites21
The mediating role of substance use motives in the relationship between personality dimensions and alcohol and drug use in adolescents and young adults with mild intellectual disabilities21
Pandemic-related life changes and adolescent initiation of cannabis and tobacco/nicotine use20
Problematic pornography use and psychological distress: A longitudinal study in a large US sample20
Examining multiple substance use among Lesbian, Gay, and bisexual US adults20
Gender differences in the stress-buffering effects of mindfulness facets on substance use among low-income adolescents20
Alcohol screening tools are not validated for use with transgender and non-binary people20
Intention to quit or reduce e-cigarettes, cannabis, and their co-use among a school-based sample of adolescents20
Cannabis and alcohol co-use: The effects of intensity of cannabis use among heavy drinkers20
Emotional dysregulation among English-speaking Hispanic persons who smoke living in the United states20
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Unravelling reciprocal effects among young adults’ binge drinking, stress, and anticipated regret20
Urgent need for treatment addressing co-use of tobacco and cannabis: An updated review and considerations for future interventions20
Is socioeconomic status related to youth e-cigarette use? Examining family affluence and sexual identity19
The association between cannabis use and cardiovascular outcomes among U.S. Adults, 2020–202319
Consumer engagement with the US alcohol health warning: A nationally representative study19
Communication attributes modify the anxiety risk associated with problematic social media use: Evidence from a prospective diary method study19
Abnormal structural covariance networks in young adults with recent cannabis use19
The first day of smoking abstinence is more challenging for women than men: A meta-analysis and meta-regression across 12 low- and middle-income countries19
Emotion dysregulation in relation to cannabis use and mental health among young adults19
Risk and protective factors for (internet) gaming disorder: A meta-analysis of pre-COVID studies18
Device and liquid characteristics used with sweet, menthol/mint, and tobacco ENDS liquid flavors: The population-based VAPER study18
Understanding daily life experiences of women who smoke: The role of smoking-related weight control expectancies18
Association between empathy and drinking among a community sample of heavy drinkers: Sex differences and neural correlates18
Differing time trends for alcohol misuse and alcohol use disorder among Veteran men: A comparison of population surveillance and clinical data18
Improving assessment and progress monitoring in alcohol use disorder: An implementation evaluation of the instant assessment and personalised feedback system (iAx)18
Longitudinal association between problematic smartphone use and sleep disorder among Chinese college students during the COVID-19 pandemic18
Gender self-concept and hazardous drinking among sexual minority women: Results from the Chicago health and life experiences of women (CHLEW) study18
Associations between blackout drinking and self-reported everyday cognition among young adults18
Tobacco and cannabis co-use in young people: developing a collaborative research agenda to address an evolving problem18
Cannabis retailer marketing strategies and regulatory compliance: A surveillance study of retailers in 5 US cities18
Biomarkers of secondhand smoke and vaping exposure among U.S. Adolescents18
Links between young adults’ reasons for trying electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), smoking history, and prospective cigarette and ENDS use18
Separating problem gambling behaviors and negative consequences: Examining the factor structure of the PGSI18
Correlates of adolescent sole-, dual- and poly-use of cannabis, vaped nicotine, and combusted tobacco17
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Tobacco consumption from the 1st trimester of pregnancy to 7 months postpartum: Effects of previous tobacco consumption, and depression and anxiety symptoms17
“I knew the effects the whole time.” Examination of facilitators and barriers to quit vaping among adolescents17
Correlates of using E-cigarettes with high nicotine concentrations among U.S. adults who exclusively vape E-cigarettes or dual use with cigarettes17
Metacognitive beliefs and desire thinking as potential maintenance factors of compulsive sexual behavior17
Big five personality traits, gaming motives, and regular and disordered gaming: A cross-national examination among college student gamers in seven countries17
Co-use among confidants: An examination of polysubstance use and personal relationships in southeastern Nebraska17
An examination of the role of social comparison orientation and social norms in drunkorexia engagement17
Between- and within-person associations of mobile gaming time and total screen time with sleep problems in young adults: Daily assessment study17
Exploring the influence of parenting styles and childhood abuse on impulsivity in young and middle-aged patients with new drug dependency: A network analysis17
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Characteristics of drinking episodes associated with simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use among underage drinkers in the United States16
State lockdown policies, mental health symptoms, and using substances16
Combinations of electronic nicotine delivery system device and liquid characteristics among U.S. adults16
A pilot randomised controlled trial of abrupt versus gradual smoking cessation in combination with vaporised nicotine products for people receiving alcohol and other drug treatment16
Mental health correlates of quitting cigarette smoking in youth experiencing homelessness16
Mediational pathways of tobacco use among adult daily smokers with psychiatric symptoms in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) survey16
Cigarette and e-cigarette use trajectories and prospective prescription psychotherapeutic drug misuse among adolescents and young adults16
Chronic pain acceptance: Relations to opioid misuse and pain management motives among individuals with chronic low back pain16
Daily adherence to nicotine replacement therapy in low-income smokers: The role of gender, negative mood, motivation, and self-efficacy16
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Cannabis use disorder severity and sleep quality among undergraduates attending a Historically Black University16
Editorial special issue addictive behaviors, networks, complexity and addictive behaviors16
E-cigarette access and age verification among adolescents, young adults, and adults15
Gambling products, gambling problems and gambling involvement: comparative analysis from two cross-sectional surveys, the Gambling Survey for Great Britain and the Health Survey for England series15
A preliminary investigation of the role of intraindividual sleep variability in substance use treatment outcomes15
State impulsivity amplifies urges without diminishing self-control15
Long-term effects of alcohol consumption on anxiety in adults: A systematic review15
Assessing parents’ motives for talking about alcohol with their emerging adult children15
Longitudinal associations between adult-supervised drinking during adolescence and alcohol misuse from ages 25–31 years: A comparison of Australia and the United States15
The desire trap: Metacognitions and the cognitive mechanisms of adolescent online gaming craving15
Hazardous alcohol use among patients with psychiatric disorders: Findings from phosphatidylethanol (PEth) screening in healthcare15
Associations between nicotine product use and craving among stable daily and non-daily users15
A speed-of-play limit reduces gambling expenditure in an online roulette game: Results of an online experiment15
Who’s at greatest risk? Latent profiles of alcohol and cannabis use and related consequences among college students15
Risk factors for the development of problem gambling in individuals with ADHD symptoms: The mediating roles of gambling engagement and ADHD characteristics15
The desire thinking questionnaire-Persian version (DTQ-P) and its association with addictive behaviors in individuals with alcohol use disorder, nicotine dependence, and problematic social media use15
An exploration of multivariate symptom clusters of cannabis use disorder in young adults15
Correlates of tobacco product initiation among youth and young adults between waves 1–4 of the population assessment of tobacco and Health (PATH) study (2013–2018)15
Exploring potential moderators of depressive symptoms and treatment outcomes among patients with opioid use disorder15
Measurement invariance of the Marijuana Motives Measure among men and women using Stop Cannabis App14
Supporting people affected by problematic alcohol, substance use and other behaviours under pandemic conditions: A pragmatic evaluation of how SMART recovery Australia responded to COVID-1914
Coping strategies as mediating mechanisms between adolescent polysubstance use classes and adult alcohol and substance use disorders14
Delay discounting demonstrates lower impulsivity linked to a higher likelihood of succeeding at smoking cessation14
Derived psychoactive cannabis product perceptions and use among a sample of US young adults14
Effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions among pregnant women: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis14
Problem gambling within sexual and gender minorities: A systematic review14
The association between level of personality organization and problematic gaming: Anxiety, depression, and motivations for playing as mediators14
Twisted memories: Addiction-related engrams are strengthened by desire thinking13
Perceptions of e-cigarettes among Australian adolescents, young adults, and adults13
Simultaneous use of marijuana and alcohol: Potential prevention targets among young adults who use alcohol13
Factorial validity of the problematic social media use scale among Chinese adults13
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Youth mental health and nicotine vape use: The moderating role of rural-urban/suburban school environments13
Longitudinal associations between receiving E-cigarette price promotions and subsequent E-cigarette use among U.S. Young adult cigarette smokers13
Cannabis use among sexual minority adults: insights from recent U.S. nationally representative data13
Emotion dysregulation, transdiagnostic vulnerabilities, and e-cigarette expectancies in a young adult sample13
Alternative combusted tobacco product and multiple tobacco product use among individuals with serious mental illness enrolled in a large pragmatic randomized controlled trial13
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The effects of alcohol and marijuana co-use patterns on intimate partner aggression perpetration13
Association of psychological distress with smoking cessation, duration of abstinence from smoking, and use of non-combustible nicotine-containing products: A cross-sectional population survey in Great13
Substance, use in relation to COVID-19: A scoping review13
What pandemic? A multisite study of drinking motives and drinking games participation among college students during a pandemic (COVID-19) academic year13
An integrated dual process simulation model of alcohol use behaviours in individuals, with application to US population-level consumption, 1984–201213
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Symptoms of tobacco dependence among middle and high school tobacco users – Data from the 2019–2020 National Youth Tobacco Survey13
Prevalence and characteristics of co-occurrence of smoking and increasing-and-higher-risk drinking: A population survey in England12
Predictive validity of the original and expanded susceptibility scales for smokeless tobacco12
Self-reported perceived negative consequences of marijuana use among U.S. young adult users, 2008–201912
Cannabis and nicotine co-use among primary care patients in a state with legal cannabis access12
The longitudinal relationships between problematic smartphone use and anxiety symptoms among Chinese college students: A cross-lagged panel network analysis12
Switching between vaping devices, nicotine concentration, and flavors among people who use e-cigarettes daily: Results from a 12-Month longitudinal study12
Assessing the association between e-cigarette use and cardiovascular disease: A meta-analysis of exclusive and dual use with combustible cigarettes12
Cross-sectional and longitudinal AUD symptom networks: They tell different stories12
Distal and proximal risk factors of problematic cannabis use associated with psychotic-like experiences12
Latent profiles of cannabis use, protective behavioral strategies, and health beliefs in college students12
Drinking to cope and coping strategies in Deaf/Hard of hearing college students12
Age of onset of adolescent alcohol use with parental permission and its impact on drinking and alcohol-harms in young adulthood: A longitudinal study12
The impact of smoking on COVID-19-related mortality: a Brazilian national cohort study12
Who benefits from alcohol screening and brief intervention? A mini-review on socioeconomic inequalities with a focus on evidence from the United States12
Anxiety as a predictor of the age of initiation of tobacco and cannabis use in adolescents and young adults12
How gambling problems relate to health and wellbeing in Australian households: Evidence from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics of Australia Survey12
Alcohol-related consequences and the intention to seek care in treatment naïve women and men with severe alcohol use disorder12
The association between student loan debt and perceived socioeconomic status and problematic drinking and mental health symptoms: A preliminary investigation12
Differential neural reward processes in internet addiction: A systematic review of brain imaging research12
Factors contributing to the decline in problematic mobile phone use among Chinese emerging adults11
The role of illness representations of internet gaming disorder (IGD) in help-seeking intention among undergraduates: A longitudinal study11
Hallucinogenic drug use and depression, psychological distress and suicidality among disabled adults in the US11
The association between screen time trajectories and the comorbidity of depression and anxiety11
Changes in the harm perceptions of different types of tobacco products for youth and adults: Waves 1–5 of the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study, 2013–201911
Corrigendum to “A qualitative analysis of people who died by suicide and had gambling documented in their coronial file” [Addict. Behav. 163 (2025) 108267]11
Problematic social networking sites use and online social anxiety: The role of attachment, emotion dysregulation and motives11
Multiple diverse drinking trajectories among sexual minority women: Unique and joint prediction by minority stress and social influence risk factors11
Prevalence and correlates of positive parental attitudes towards cannabis use and use intention in Australia during 2016 and 201911
Mental health related adverse events of cytisine and varenicline in smokers with and without mental health disorders: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial11
Avoidance biases for vaping stimuli among college students with electronic-cigarette use11
Recency measures matter: Variability in reported last use of tobacco and marijuana products among a nationally representative study of U.S. young adults11
Comorbid psychiatric diagnoses and gaming preferences in US armed forces veterans receiving inpatient treatment for gambling disorder11
Qualitative interviews with young adults at risk for psychosis and who use Cannabis: Informing the development of a mobile intervention11
Nicotine vaping for relaxation and coping: Race/ethnicity differences and social connectedness mechanisms11
Investigating the effects of emotion dysregulation and repetitive negative thinking on alcohol hangover anxiety and depression11
The effects of alcohol use on smoking cessation treatment with nicotine replacement therapy: An observational study11
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Factors associated with attempting and succeeding in smoking cessation following a National Tobacco Control Plan: Analysis of two nationwide surveys (2010 and 2017)11
Leveraging social media and large language models for scalable alcohol risk assessment: Examining validity with AUDIT-C and post recency effects11
Validation of the tobacco, alcohol, prescription medication, and other substance use (TAPS) tool with the WHO alcohol, smoking, and substance Involvement screening test (ASSIST)11
Mutual-help group participation for substance use problems in the US: Correlates and trends from 2002 to 201811
A two-generation study: The transmission of attachment and young adults’ depression, anxiety, and social media addiction11
Decreases in smartphone overuse and moderators among adults in general after the COVID-19 outbreak: A three-year prospective study11
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on gambling: A systematic review11
Cannabis use in context: Relations among impulsive personality traits, context, and cannabis problems11
Alcohol-induced blackouts among college student drinkers: A multilevel analysis11
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Latent profile analysis of college students’ alcohol and cannabis co-use patterns after recreational cannabis legalization11
A novel smoking cessation behavior based on quit attempts may identify new genes associated with long-term abstinence11
Systematic literature review online gaming addiction among children and young adults: A framework and research agenda11
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