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{"title":"ADHD symptoms and problematic digital media use in emerging adults: Investigating the role of cognitive deficits as mediators","authors":"Luka Todorovic,&nbsp;Janina Baumer,&nbsp;Helle Larsen","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2026.108608","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2026.108608","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examined the relationship between ADHD symptoms and problematic social media use (PSMU) and problematic gaming (PG) in a community sample of emerging adults. Cognitive deficits underlying ADHD – inhibitory control deficits, reward sensitivity, and temporal processing deficits – were investigated as potential mechanisms linking ADHD symptoms to PSMU and PG. In a sample of 111 emerging adults (<em>M</em>_age = 21.2, <em>SD</em> = 2.7; 84% female), ADHD symptoms, PSMU, and PG were assessed using self-report scales, while cognitive deficits were evaluated through both self-report scales and behavioural tasks. Parallel mediation analyses revealed significant positive direct effects between ADHD symptoms and both PSMU and PG, but found no significant mediating effects of the hypothesised mechanisms. Exploratory analyses suggested that inhibitory control and temporal processing deficits may play a role in linking hyperactivity/impulsivity symptoms to PSMU, and inhibitory control deficits emerged as a possible transdiagnostic factor for concurrent ADHD symptoms and PSMU. Nonetheless, the main analyses did not support mediation by cognitive deficits, indicating no evidence that they explained the associations between ADHD symptoms and problematic digital media use. Future research may explore such prospective mechanisms in longitudinal designs with representative samples to inform interventions which may reduce problematic digital media use in individuals with elevated ADHD symptoms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"175 ","pages":"Article 108608"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146013839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Efficacy of combined nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and bupropion compared to bupropion alone for smoking cessation: a systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"Min Wang ,&nbsp;Zhao Liu ,&nbsp;Xinmei Zhou ,&nbsp;Yuxin Shi ,&nbsp;Tingfen Ji ,&nbsp;Jiahui He ,&nbsp;Anqi Cheng ,&nbsp;Liang Zhao ,&nbsp;Dan Xiao ,&nbsp;Chen Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2026.108614","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2026.108614","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Smoking is a major preventable cause of morbidity and premature death worldwide. Both bupropion and NRT help achieve smoking cessation. However, evidence on whether the combination of bupropion and NRT is more effective than bupropion alone remains uncertain. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of bupropion combined with NRT with bupropion monotherapy.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The Cochrane Library, Embase, PubMed, and Web of Science were systematically searched for original articles published in English. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared bupropion plus NRT therapy with bupropion were included. Qualitative and quantitative analyses were conducted and the risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 tool.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Nine RCTs involving 4005 participants (53.8% female) were included in this study. The mean age across studies ranged from 27 to 55 years. The risk of bias results showed that two RCTs were rated as high, one was low, and six were unclear. Pooled analysis indicated that bupropion combined with NRT significantly improved biochemically validated 7-day point prevalence abstinence at the end of treatment [risk ratio (RR) = 1.35, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.22–1.50, I² = 21%]. At long-term follow-up (≥6 months), bupropion plus NRT showed a non-significant benefit over bupropion monotherapy (RR = 1.10, 95% CI: 0.90–1.34, I² = 52%). Adverse events were generally comparable between groups, except for a higher incidence of nausea in the combination therapy group (10.9% vs. 7.3%; RR = 1.42, 95% CI 1.04–1.94, I² = 0%). No significant subgroup differences were found based on the types of NRT (nicotine patch, gum, or lozenge) (χ² = 0.89, p = 0.64).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Combination therapy of bupropion and NRT was associated with superior short-term smoking cessation outcome compared with bupropion alone, with a comparable safety profile except for increased risk of nausea. However, the long-term benefit of combination therapy over bupropion monotherapy was attenuated and non-significant. Further high-quality RCTs with adequate long-term follow- up are needed to confirm these findings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"175 ","pages":"Article 108614"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145973477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tobacco and cannabis co-use by route of administration in the United States, 2022/2023","authors":"Laurel P. Gibson ,&nbsp;Michael J. Parks ,&nbsp;Heather L. Kimmel ,&nbsp;Carlos Blanco ,&nbsp;Joseph T. Ciccolo ,&nbsp;MeLisa R. Creamer ,&nbsp;Colm Everard ,&nbsp;Neal D. Freedman ,&nbsp;Melissa Garcia ,&nbsp;John H. Kingsbury ,&nbsp;Youn Ok Lee ,&nbsp;Daniela Marshall ,&nbsp;Wilson M. Compton ,&nbsp;Annette Kaufman","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2026.108595","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2026.108595","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Given recent increases in cannabis and tobacco co-use, alongside the rapidly evolving cannabis and tobacco use landscapes in the United States (US), updated national estimates of current co-use that account for route of administration are needed. Using data from Wave 7 (2022/2023) of the nationally representative Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study (<em>N</em> = 39,947), this study estimates the prevalence of current co-use among US youth and adults aged 12 years and older and examines the specific routes (e.g., combustible, vaping, oral) through which individuals co-use both substances. Data were weighted to produce representative estimates. An estimated 8.2 % of US youth and adults reported current (past 30-day) co-use between 2022 and 2023. Co-use of combustible tobacco and combustible cannabis products was the most common form of co-use, accounting for nearly one third of all co-using individuals. Co-use involving combustible tobacco and combustible cannabis was most common among co-using individuals aged 25–39 and 40+, while co-use involving nicotine vaping was most common among those aged 12–24. Use of multiple tobacco and/or cannabis administration routes was also common. These findings provide the first nationally representative estimates of co-use that account for specific administration routes for both tobacco and cannabis. Findings highlight the need for surveillance and intervention strategies that account for the full range of tobacco and cannabis administration routes available today.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"175 ","pages":"Article 108595"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145922169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Social attunement and alcohol use: The role of age and gender","authors":"Christophe Romein ,&nbsp;Karis Colyer-Patel ,&nbsp;Emese Kroon ,&nbsp;Helle Larsen ,&nbsp;Hanan El Marroun ,&nbsp;Janna Cousijn","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108587","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108587","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Alcohol use typically peaks during adolescence and early adulthood, when its social reinforcement value is high, and then decreases as individuals take on more adult-like responsibilities. The present study investigates whether social attunement (SA) plays a role in higher alcohol use in adolescence as well as a lower alcohol use when aging.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This online study included an international sample of 683 alcohol users (16 – 81yrs). Participants completed a SA Questionnaire, an Implicit SA task (ISAT), and measures of alcohol use. The ISAT measured SA as the change in willingness to drink in response to peer feedback between two blocks of images representing social alcohol, social non-alcohol, and social non-drinking settings. Linear regressions were conducted to assess the association between SA and alcohol use, and the role of age and gender in these associations.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Unlike expected, interactions between age and SA did not predict alcohol use across social situations regardless of feedback condition. However, exploratory post-hoc analyses using the total SA score per social condition showed significant interactions between age and SA in predicting alcohol use in social situations involving non-alcoholic or no drinks. In social non-alcohol drinking settings, SA was positively associated with alcohol use among younger participants, but this association became negative in older individuals. Contrastingly, in the social non-drinking condition, SA was negatively associated with alcohol use among younger participants, but this association became positive in older individuals.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>Depending on age and social setting, SA can both be a risk- or protective factor for alcohol use.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"175 ","pages":"Article 108587"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145822462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Are older adults scheduled for lung cancer screening interested in trying electronic cigarettes when conventional smoking cessation treatment fails? A cross-sectional survey","authors":"Jaqueline C. Avila ,&nbsp;Nirotma Tripathi ,&nbsp;Caylin J. Marotta ,&nbsp;Caitlin E. McCann ,&nbsp;Michele Reyen ,&nbsp;Jennifer S. Haas ,&nbsp;Elyse R. Park ,&nbsp;Nancy A. Rigotti","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108592","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108592","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Lung cancer screening (LCS) provides an opportunity to offer tobacco cessation treatment, but most people who smoke are unable to quit, even with support. They might benefit from switching to electronic cigarettes (EC), but their perceptions and interest in EC use are unknown.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Adults who participated in a smoking cessation clinical trial offered at LCS and still smoked at trial completion were surveyed about their interest in trying EC (primary outcome). Independent variables were EC use history and perceptions of health risks and benefits of EC vs combustible cigarettes (CC). Logistic regression models tested the association of EC use and perceptions with interest in trying EC, adjusting for covariates.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>204/359 eligible participants (56.8 %) completed the survey. 56.4 % had never tried EC, and 30.9 % were interested in trying EC in the future. 60.3 % believed EC to be as or more harmful than CC, but 60.8 % thought that EC were likely to help people cut down smoking. Interest in trying EC was positively associated with previous EC experience (OR: 2.08, 95 %CI:1.1–3.9), and the belief that EC were less harmful than CC (OR: 8.9, 95 %CI: 3.2–24.9), or that EC can help people cut down on smoking (OR: 8.6, 95 %CI: 3.5–21.2).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Adults undergoing LCS who smoke after cessation treatment ends believe that EC can help people cut down, but they overestimate EC health risks. A positive perception of EC is associated with greater interest in trying EC. Education to correct EC misperceptions might increase interest in trying EC as a harm reduction tool among those who smoke.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"175 ","pages":"Article 108592"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145835408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"More high, less low? PTSD and the complex daily associations between cannabis use and depression in veterans","authors":"Jordan P. Davis ,&nbsp;Shaddy K. Saba ,&nbsp;Daniel Leightley ,&nbsp;Eric R. Pedersen ,&nbsp;John Prindle ,&nbsp;Jonathan Cantor ,&nbsp;Bistra Dilkina ,&nbsp;Emily Dworkin ,&nbsp;Angeles Sedano","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108593","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108593","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><strong>Background and aims</strong>. Cannabis use is increasingly prevalent among U.S. veterans, with high rates of both recreational and problematic use. Veterans often use cannabis to manage symptoms associated with mental health problems such as depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Prior work has noted mixed results on the longitudinal associations between cannabis use and depression. Studying these associations at the daily level can lead to improved clarity. <strong>Design</strong>. The present study examined the daily associations between cannabis use and depression in veterans using dynamic structural equation modeling (DSEM). We also explored these associations for those veterans who screened positive for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared to those who did not. Setting. All participants were recruited using advertisements from BuildClinical, an NIH approved recruitment vendor. <strong>Participants</strong>. The sample consisted of 74 veterans who provided daily data for 87 consecutive days. <strong>Measurement</strong>. Cannabis was assessed asking how many hours each individual spent high each day, depressed mood was assessed using a sliding scale from not depressed to very depressed each day, and PTSD was assessed using the PTSD checklist. <strong>Findings</strong>. Among the full veteran sample results revealed a bidirectional, negative, association. Specifically, on days when veterans reported greater depression, they reported fewer hours “high” the next day. Conversely, on days when veterans reported a greater number of hours high, they reported less depression the next day. Among veterans screening positive for PTSD, on days when they reported more depression, they reported fewer hours high the next day (no association was noted for cannabis use predicting depression). However, for those who did not screen positive for PTSD, on days when veterans reported greater number of hours high, they reported less depression the next day. <strong>Conclusions</strong>. These results highlight the need for further research on the effect of individual differences in cannabis use patterns among veterans with PTSD on health outcomes. Clinically, these results highlight the importance of targeting the pros and cons of cannabis use for depression symptom relief. Future research should incorporate daily objective measures of cannabis use to refine treatment strategies for veterans managing PTSD or depressive related distress.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"175 ","pages":"Article 108593"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145881437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perceptions of negative reinforcement in the natural environment: Characterizing subjective alcohol- and cannabis-contingent relief","authors":"Andrea M. Wycoff ,&nbsp;Timothy J. Trull","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108590","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108590","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Negative reinforcement is a major component of etiologic models of addiction. Recent work using ecological momentary assessment (EMA) implicates subjective substance-contingent relief as a negative reinforcer of substance use rather than improvements in negative affect. This pre-registered secondary data analysis tested predictors of subjective alcohol- and cannabis-contingent relief to understand what factors contribute to perceived relief, if not actual improvements in negative affect. Adults (<em>N</em> = 87, mean age 25.2 years, 60.2% female, 85.2% white) who reported using alcohol and cannabis simultaneously at least twice per week completed 14 days of EMA. Morning surveys assessed hypothetical relief expectancies for that day. All surveys assessed affect, craving, alcohol and cannabis use, and subjective relief and pleasure from use. Multilevel models tested predictors of subjective relief. During alcohol use moments (<em>n</em> = 868), drinking-contingent pleasure (<em>b</em> = 0.25, <em>SE</em> = 0.06, <em>p</em> &lt; .001) and relief expectancy reported that morning (<em>b</em> = 0.29, <em>SE</em> = 0.10, <em>p</em> = .005) predicted higher drinking-contingent relief. During cannabis use moments (<em>n</em> = 1519), cannabis-contingent pleasure (<em>b</em> = 0.29, <em>SE</em> = 0.06, <em>p</em> &lt; .001) and relief expectancy reported that morning (<em>b</em> = 0.33, <em>SE</em> = 0.11, <em>p</em> = .004) predicted higher cannabis-contingent relief. Changes in affect and craving were not associated with relief. Results highlight subjective pleasure, which is more consistent with positive reinforcement, as a potential driver of perceived relief. Future work should disentangle the predictive direction of relief and pleasure to inform reinforcement mechanisms. Results also highlight the role of expectancies in subjective perceptions of use, above and beyond measurable changes in mood and craving. Collectively, findings add to a growing body of work seeking to articulate reinforcement processes in the natural environment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"175 ","pages":"Article 108590"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145829087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Consumer engagement with the US alcohol health warning: A nationally representative study","authors":"Marissa G. Hall ,&nbsp;Phoebe R. Ruggles ,&nbsp;Carolyn Chelius ,&nbsp;Cristina J.Y. Lee ,&nbsp;Callie Whitesell ,&nbsp;Allison J. Lazard ,&nbsp;Noel T. Brewer ,&nbsp;Thomas K. Greenfield ,&nbsp;Anna H. Grummon","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108586","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108586","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The US has had the same health warning on alcohol containers since 1989. We sought to estimate consumer noticing, reading, and recall of the current US alcohol health warning.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We recruited a nationally representative sample of 1,036 US alcohol consumers ages 21 + years. Participants completed an online survey in 2024 that assessed whether they had noticed or read the current US alcohol health warning, as well as aided recall of the topics in the warning. Analyses used multivariable logistic regression to examine correlates of reading the warning.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>About half of participants (52 %) reported noticing the alcohol health warning the last time they saw an alcohol container and 27 % reported reading the warning in the past month. Reading the warning was more common among Black people (vs. white, 43 % vs. 23 %, <em>p</em> = 0.02). When prompted with a list of possible warning topics, only 4 % of participants correctly recalled all five topics in the warning. Most (60 %) recalled that the warning discussed pregnancy, but less than half recalled the remaining topics in the warning (46 % driving a car, 44 % operating machinery, 41 % birth defects, and 33 % health problems). Recall was modestly higher among those who read the warning in the past month (improvements of 5–16 percentage points) compared to those who did not. However, fewer than two-thirds of people who said they had read the warning recalled each topic.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The current US alcohol warning fails to actively engage many alcohol consumers. The US should require new, rotating alcohol warnings designed to heighten engagement and better inform consumers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"175 ","pages":"Article 108586"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145922168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Passive data do not improve prediction or detection of alcohol consumption beyond temporal patterns in major depression: A 90-day cross-validated study","authors":"Anna M. Langener ,&nbsp;Dawson Haddox ,&nbsp;Daniel M. Mackin ,&nbsp;George D. Price ,&nbsp;Damien Lekkas ,&nbsp;Amanda C. Collins ,&nbsp;Tess Z. Griffin ,&nbsp;Michael V. Heinz ,&nbsp;Matthew D. Nemesure ,&nbsp;Subigya Nepal ,&nbsp;Arvind Pillai ,&nbsp;Andrew T. Campbell ,&nbsp;Nicholas C. Jacobson","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2026.108624","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2026.108624","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is one of the most prevalent psychological disorders and frequently co-occurs with alcohol use disorders, increasing the risk of functional impairment. Monitoring alcohol use during depression treatment is therefore critical for early intervention. Passively collected data via devices like smartphones and smartwatches, offers a low-burden method for monitoring behavior in real time. This study investigated whether deep learning models trained on passively collected data (i.e., accelerometer, heart rate, respiratory rate, screen usage, and GPS data) could detect and predict alcohol use in individuals with MDD. Data were collected from 300 clinically depressed individuals who were enrolled in the Tracking Depression Study, a 90-day longitudinal study. Participants self-reported their alcohol use every week by completing the Timeline FollowBack. We trained models to predict same-day and next-day alcohol use. To validate these models, we split the data by participant, so that predictions were made on individuals who were not included in the training set. The models achieved moderate performance (mean AUC = 0.67 for both prediction tasks) when capturing both interindividual (between-person) and intraindividual (within-person) variability. Similar performances were observed when evaluating the model exclusively on predicting intraindividual variability (AUCs = 0.69 same-day, 0.68 next-day). However, model performance remained comparable to a baseline using only the day of week as predictor. These findings suggest that much of the predictive signal derives from temporal patterns. This indicates that interventions aligned with such temporal cues may already be effective, and that the added value of our model appears limited.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"175 ","pages":"Article 108624"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146074138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigation into the psychometric properties of the Brief Religious Coping Scale (Brief RCOPE) in adults with substance use disorder","authors":"Charles A. Manzler ,&nbsp;Ben Lewis ,&nbsp;Scott Teitelbaum ,&nbsp;Robert C. Schlauch","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108584","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108584","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Many individuals turn to religion in their efforts to deal with difficult times in their lives, and research has consistently linked indices of religious coping to measures of health and well-being. The Brief Religious Coping Scale (Brief RCOPE) is the most commonly used measure of religious coping in the literature; however, relatively little has been reported about the psychometric properties of the brief version. Moreover, the examination of this scale among individuals with a substance use disorder (SUD), a disorder highly associated with major life stressors for which religious coping may serve as a principle form of coping, has been largely overlooked. Therefore, the current study sought to examine the psychometric properties of the Brief RCOPE in a sample of 1290 adults undergoing residential treatment for SUD. Results from confirmatory factor analyses supported the theorized two-factor structure of positive (PRC) and negative (NRC) religious coping, as well as measurement invariance across sex and across time. Validity was established through significant, differential associations between PRC and NRC at pre-treatment and a range of psychosocial outcomes at pre- and post-treatment. This study provides evidence that the Brief RCOPE is a reliable and valid tool for assessing religious coping among adults with SUD. Its strong psychometric performance supports its potential for use in clinical settings to help clinicians understand and address patients’ spiritual experiences in recovery.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"174 ","pages":"Article 108584"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145733305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}