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{"title":"Proteus effect avatar profiles: Associations with disordered gaming and activity levels","authors":"Kaiden Hein ,&nbsp;Tyrone L. Burleigh ,&nbsp;Angela Gorman ,&nbsp;Maria Prokofieva ,&nbsp;Vasilis Stavropoulos","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100562","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100562","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Gaming avatars can influence users’ attitudes and behaviors and manifest as the proteus effect. The present study examined proteus effect profiles among 571 gamers and their associations with disordered gaming and physical activity. Latent class analysis identified three profiles: non-influenced gamers, emotion-perception influenced gamers (highest proteus effect), and emotion-behavior influenced gamers (moderate proteus effect). The high proteus effect group exhibited significantly higher gaming disorder symptoms at baseline and 6 months compared to other profiles. Proteus effect profiles did not significantly differ in physical activity levels. However, higher disordered gaming and proteus effect predicted lower activity over time. The strong proteus effect group’s avatar immersion may increase gaming disorder risks. Minimal avatar influence for the non-influenced gamers appears protective. While proteus effect profiles do not directly relate to activity, amplified disordered gaming can reduce active lifestyles. Overall, findings demonstrate how avatars differentially affect gamers’ experiences and functioning through proteus-induced changes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":"20 ","pages":"Article 100562"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853224000397/pdfft?md5=5148ab23cee7319f658489ea80ab467b&pid=1-s2.0-S2352853224000397-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141962488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Acceptability of heart rate-based remote monitoring of smoking status","authors":"Matthew Mitnick ,&nbsp;Shelby Goodwin ,&nbsp;Mikaela Bubna ,&nbsp;Justin S. White ,&nbsp;Bethany R. Raiff","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100561","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100561","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Digital interventions present a scalable solution to overcome barriers to smoking cessation treatment, and changes in resting heart rate (HR) may offer a viable option for monitoring smoking status remotely. The goal of this study was to explore the acceptability of using smartphone cameras and activity trackers to measure heart rate for use in a smoking cessation intervention.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Participants (N=410), most of whom identified as female (75.8 %) with mean age 38.3 years (SD 11.4), were recruited via the Smoke Free app. They rated the perceived comfort, convenience, and likelihood of using smartphone cameras and wrist-worn devices for HR monitoring as an objective measure of smoking abstinence. Wilcoxon signed-rank tests and Kruskal-Wallis tests assessed differences in acceptability across device types and whether the participant owned an activity tracker/smartwatch or smartphone.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Participants reported high levels of acceptability for both HR monitoring methods, with activity trackers/smartwatches rated more favorably in terms of comfort, convenience, and likelihood of use compared to smartphone cameras. Participants indicated a statistically significantly greater likelihood of using the activity tracker/smartwatch over the smartphone camera. Participants viewed the activity tracker/smartwatch as more acceptable than the smartphone camera (87.0% vs 50.0%).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>HR monitoring via smartphone cameras and wrist-worn devices was deemed acceptable among people interested in quitting smoking. Wrist-worn devices, in particular, were preferred, suggesting their potential as a scalable, user-friendly method for remotely monitoring smoking status. These findings support the need for further exploration and implementation of HR monitoring technology in smoking cessation research and interventions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":"20 ","pages":"Article 100561"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853224000385/pdfft?md5=8e2d77cd64c0886bf6b33fa3a80cc214&pid=1-s2.0-S2352853224000385-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141951726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Video slot machine use in adolescence: the role of self-efficacy beliefs, current and expected personal fulfillment at the social and educational level","authors":"Giansanto Mosconi ,&nbsp;Joseph DelFerro ,&nbsp;Andrea Jin ,&nbsp;Paola Bertuccio ,&nbsp;Anna Odone","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100560","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100560","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Video slot machines (VSMs), which are available on electronic gaming machines and online platforms, are widely recognized for their high potential to trigger harmful gambling behaviors. Yet, the psychological factors associated with VSM use among adolescents remain poorly investigated.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We estimated adjusted odds ratios (OR) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI) of current regular (at least monthly) VSM use according to self-efficacy beliefs regarding everyday problem-solving ability, along with current and expected personal fulfillment at the social, and educational level among 7,959 Italian high school students aged 15–17.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Current regular VSM use was reported by 108 students (1.4%). Notably, this behavior was more frequently reported by those with either particularly high or low self-ratings in problem-solving ability, current and expected social fulfillment, as well as by those with lower self-ratings in both current and expected educational/work fulfillment.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>These findings underscore that during adolescence, gambling behaviors are associated with diverse psychological profiles, each entailing distinct vulnerabilities. Effectively addressing adolescent gambling necessitates a comprehensive approach, with a strong emphasis on educational support. Given the increasing challenges in curbing underage exposure and access to the most harmful gambling formats, this study offers valuable insights for the design of health promotion and prevention strategies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":"20 ","pages":"Article 100560"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853224000373/pdfft?md5=e8c92967fee00075318420dc969ebfa4&pid=1-s2.0-S2352853224000373-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141852986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cognitive inflexibility moderates the relationship between relief-driven drinking motives and alcohol use","authors":"Lara R. Piccoli ,&nbsp;Lucy Albertella ,&nbsp;Erynn Christensen ,&nbsp;Leonardo F. Fontenelle ,&nbsp;Chao Suo ,&nbsp;Karyn Richardson ,&nbsp;Murat Yücel ,&nbsp;Rico S.C. Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100559","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100559","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Drinking motives and neurocognition play significant roles in predicting alcohol use. There is limited research examining how relief-driven drinking motives interact with neurocognition in alcohol use, which would help to elucidate the neurocognitive-motivational profiles most susceptible to harmful drinking. This study investigated the interactions between neurocognition (response inhibition and cognitive flexibility) and relief-driven drinking, in predicting problem drinking.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Participants completed the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test – Consumption items (AUDIT-C) to measure drinking behaviour, and online cognitive tasks, including the Value-Modulated Attentional Capture and Reversal Task (VMAC-R) and the Stop Signal Task (SST). The sample (<em>N</em> = 368) were individuals who drink alcohol, which included a subsample (<em>N</em> = 52) with problematic drinking, as defined by self-identifying as having a primary drinking problem. Drinking motives were assessed using a binary coping question in the overall sample, and the Habit, Reward, and Fear Scale (HRFS) in the subsample. Moderation analyses were conducted to investigate whether cognitive flexibility and response inhibition moderated relationships between relief-driven motives and drinking.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Cognitive flexibility moderated the relationship between relief-driven motives and drinking (overall sample: β = 13.69, <em>p</em> = 0.017; subsample: β = 1.45, <em>p</em> = 0.013). Greater relief-driven motives were associated with heavier drinking for individuals with low cognitive flexibility. There was no significant interaction between response inhibition and relief-driven motives.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Relief-driven drinking motives interact with cognitive inflexibility to drive heavier drinking. Greater understanding of these neurocognitive-motivational mechanisms may help to develop more targeted and effective interventions for reducing harmful drinking.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":"20 ","pages":"Article 100559"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853224000361/pdfft?md5=4c19bd42811d9fb1f8c06c8da9a61e2c&pid=1-s2.0-S2352853224000361-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141486110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sex differences in the prospective association of excessively long reaction times and hazardous cannabis use at six months","authors":"Xu Yan ,&nbsp;Margaret F. Bedillion ,&nbsp;Eric D. Claus ,&nbsp;Cynthia Huang-Pollock ,&nbsp;Emily B. Ansell","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100558","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100558","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>The neurocognitive risk mechanisms predicting divergent outcomes likely differ between men and women who use cannabis recreationally. Increasingly, the use of descriptive distributions including the ex-Gaussian has been applied to draw stronger inferences about neurocognitive health in clinical populations. The current project examines whether the long tail of reaction times (RTs) in a distribution, as characterized by the ex-Gaussian parameter tau which may represent difficulty with the regulation of arousal, predicts problematic cannabis use 6 months later in those who use cannabis recreationally, and whether sex moderates these prospective associations.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>Young adults (ages 18–30, mean age 20.5 years, N =159, 57.2% women, 69.2% Caucasian) who recreationally used cannabis either occasionally (at least once per month) or frequently (three times or more per week) completed the Stroop Color-Word Task at baseline. Ex-Gaussian parameter tau was estimated for each participant. Self-report of hazardous cannabis use (CUDIT-R) and dysregulation of negative (DERS) and positive emotions (DERS-Positive) were obtained at baseline and 6-month follow-up.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>For those with larger tau at baseline, being a man (but not a woman) was associated with increased difficulty regulating positive emotions concurrently (b = −0.01, <em>F</em> (1,159) = 5.48, <em>p</em> = 0.02), and with hazardous cannabis use six months later (b = −0.007, <em>F</em> (1,159) = 4.42, <em>p</em> = 0.037) after controlling for baseline hazardous cannabis use.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Excessively long RTs during cognitive performance may help characterize men at risk for increased hazardous use, which contributes to understanding between-sex heterogeneity in pathways towards cannabis use disorders.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":"20 ","pages":"Article 100558"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235285322400035X/pdfft?md5=e3333d85e1039371eeb4996517279dc4&pid=1-s2.0-S235285322400035X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141434628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reasons for choosing sober living houses and their associations with substance use recovery outcomes","authors":"Elizabeth Mahoney ,&nbsp;Meenakshi Subbaraman ,&nbsp;Amy A. Mericle ,&nbsp;Douglas L. Polcin","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100557","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100557","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Sober living houses (SLHs) offer abstinence-based housing for people in recovery. Studies have shown that these supportive environments are associated with positive outcomes, yet little is known about why residents choose SLHs and their relationship to recovery outcomes.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Longitudinal data were collected from SLH residents who completed an interview six months after baseline (N = 462). Participants rated the importance of eight reasons for choosing SLHs. Multilevel models assessed whether reasons for choosing were associated with outcomes abstinence on the Timeline Followback, psychiatric distress via the Psychiatric Diagnostic Screening Questionnaire (PDSQ), employment problems severity on Addiction Severity Index (ASI), and length of stay (LOS).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The most frequently cited reasons residents chose SLHs were affordability (74.4 %) and wanting to live with others in recovery (63.2 %). Reasons for choosing were not associated with neither LOS nor abstinence, except for not wanting to live with others in recovery predicting abstinence from all drugs except marijuana. Choosing SLHs due to affordability was associated with less psychiatric distress; no other place to live was associated with increased psychiatric distress (Ps &lt; 0.05). Severity of employment problems was associated with choosing SLHs based on location, transportation, and someone else paying fees (Ps &lt; 0.01).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Residents seek entry into SLHs to live affordably with others in recovery. Those who had no other option had greater psychiatric distress, thus supporting findings of housing instability being related to mental health. Reasons for choosing related to employment problems severity may reflect how concerns about employment impact housing choices.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":"20 ","pages":"Article 100557"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853224000348/pdfft?md5=2d0ecbeacc6cb9bb94bab6e988c1c179&pid=1-s2.0-S2352853224000348-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141434627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“If I could try it, I’d try it”: Qualitative study of the illegal vaping culture in Singapore","authors":"Grace Ping Ping Tan ,&nbsp;Xian Zhen Tan ,&nbsp;Yvette van der Eijk","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100556","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100556","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aims and background</h3><p>Singapore has one the world’s strictest e-cigarette (vaping) regulations, with bans on e-cigarette import, sale, purchase, use and possession. Nevertheless, Singapore is seeing a growing vaping trend. Beyond estimates of vaping prevalence, little is known about vaping in countries where it is banned or the features and drivers of such illegal vaping cultures. This qualitative study thus explored the characteristics of Singapore’s illegal vaping culture.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We held ten focus group discussions with 63 Singaporeans aged 21–40 years, exploring participants’ experiences and views related to vaping in Singapore. Transcripts of the discussions were coded using deductive and inductive coding methods.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Despite its illegal status, vaping was perceived as appealing due to the novelty flavours, ease of use, and convenient access. Harm perceptions were mixed, with concerns over the adverse health impacts along with beliefs that vaping was innocuous when used in moderation. A conspicuous vaping culture among young people, along with perceptions of lax enforcement, drove beliefs that vaping is an entrenched social norm in Singapore. This belief was in turn associated with a sentiment that Singapore should introduce a regulated e-cigarette market to better control its use among the general population.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The reinforcement of vaping as a social norm appears to be driving an illegal vaping culture in Singapore. Measures that denormalise vaping could help to strengthen the effectiveness of the vaping ban.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":"20 ","pages":"Article 100556"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853224000336/pdfft?md5=b9feb054a3618c4d1d1e27d9404580b7&pid=1-s2.0-S2352853224000336-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141308175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gaming Disorder: The role of a gamers flow profile","authors":"Trent Footitt ,&nbsp;Natasha Christofi ,&nbsp;Dylan R Poulus ,&nbsp;Michelle Colder Carras ,&nbsp;Vasileios Stavropoulos","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100555","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100555","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Digital games are widely popular and integral to contemporary entertainment. Nevertheless, a proportion of users present with disordered/excessive gaming behaviours, provisionally classified as Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). Previous literature suggests examining the contribution of an individual’s profile of immersive engagement with their gaming activity, known as online flow, for disordered gaming behaviours. Therefore, the main goals of this study were (1) to categorise gamers into distinct profiles based on their online flow experiences and (2) to investigate the differences in disordered gaming among these different flow profiles. A sample of 565 gamers (12–68 years, Mage = 29.3 years) was assessed twice over six months with the Online Flow Questionnaire (OFQ), the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short-Form (IGDS9-SF), and the Gaming Disorder Test (GDT). Latent profile analysis (LPA) identified five distinct profiles encompassing ’High-Flow with High Loss of Control’ (HF-HLOC; 14.0 %), ’Low Flow with Low Enjoyment’ (LF-LE; 11.9 %), ’Average Flow with Low Enjoyment’ (AF-LE; 17.5 %), ’Low Flow with High Enjoyment’ (LF-HE; 20.2 %), and ’High Loss of Sense of Time with Low Loss of Control’ groups (HLOT-LLOC; 36.5 %). As hypothesised, individuals across varying profiles evidenced differences in their concurrent and longitudinal disordered gaming behaviours. Overall, findings suggest that ’loss of sense of time’ may be the most pivotal factor in differentiating flow states and profiles during gaming, advocating its consideration in disordered gaming assessment and treatment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100555"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853224000324/pdfft?md5=bf736a86cb452c5554f34a3ed93a878f&pid=1-s2.0-S2352853224000324-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141279548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The association between discrimination and drinking among sexual minorities: A daily diary study","authors":"A. Surace ,&nbsp;D. Operario ,&nbsp;C.W. Kahler","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100554","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Among sexual minorities (SMs), experiencing discrimination has been associated with greater substance use at the day-level. However, variations in sample characteristics and measures of day-level discrimination limit the generalizability of findings. Furthermore, it is unknown how positive experiences due to minority identity (“Minority Strengths”) may impact the association between experiencing discrimination and same day drinking.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>The present study extends prior research on discrimination and drinking using detailed discrimination measures, Minority Strengths measures, and a gender diverse sample. Participants (N = 61) were majority White (n = 45, 73.8 %) adult (mean age 26.8 years) self-identified SMs (e.g., 44.3 % identified as “gay”) who engaged in alcohol use within the past month. Participants completed up to 31 days of daily diary surveys about their experiences and drinking. Recruitment took place in the northeastern U.S. from May to December 2021.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Multilevel model analysis indicated that experiencing discrimination was associated with increased same day drinking among Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) participants but not among White participants. A significant gender by discrimination interaction indicated that cisgender men drank more the same day they experienced discrimination compared to cisgender women and transgender/non-binary participants. Minority Strengths had no impact on these relationships.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Results highlight that the experience of discrimination and its association with drinking may be influenced by a host of contextual factors that are attached to racial and gender identities. Future research should examine how discrimination in different contexts (e.g., regions) and based on specific identities may be associated with alcohol use.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100554"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853224000312/pdfft?md5=e5d054be84bcb65ee859308ed15938cc&pid=1-s2.0-S2352853224000312-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141091000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"First semester college experiences: Associations with substance use and mental health","authors":"Brooke J. Arterberry,&nbsp;Sarah J. Peterson,&nbsp;Megan E. Patrick","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100552","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100552","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Substance use (SU) and mental health (MH) concerns often occur as students transition from high school to college and may be associated with first semester experiences.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Incoming first-year college students at a U.S., predominantly white, midwestern university were recruited for an intervention study. Participants reported on substance use, mental health, and college experiences at the end of their first semester of college (n = 781; 62.9 % female, mean age = 18.06 [<em>SD</em> = 0.24]; 77.2 % non-Hispanic white; 84.6 % heterosexual). Data for these current analyses were cross-sectional.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Identifying as Black, Indigenous, or another Person of Color, as a sexual minority, or as female was associated with more challenging first semester experiences. Social experiences that represent more social engagement were associated with greater substance use. College experiences reflecting an easier transition were associated with fewer mental health concerns. Alcohol use moderated the relation between academic challenges and mental health with stronger associations found at greater levels of alcohol use.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>First semester experiences were related to student mental health and substance use, suggesting the importance of early, targeted support for students to adjust to campus life.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100552"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853224000294/pdfft?md5=5e8eabaf07cf29adb3690d74239ea9e3&pid=1-s2.0-S2352853224000294-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141056094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}