When you see it, let it be: Urgency, mindfulness and adolescent substance use

Joanna M Robinson; Benjamin O Ladd; Kristen G Anderson

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.02.011

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When you see it, let it be: Urgency, mindfulness and adolescent substance use

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When you see it, let it be: Urgency, mindfulness and adolescent substance use

Joanna M Robinson, Benjamin O Ladd and Kristen G Anderson

Addictive behaviors, Vol.39(6), pp.1038-1041

06/2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.02.011

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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/107450

PMCID: PMC4567253

PMID: 24629324

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Abstract

Emotions - physiology

Mindfulness - statistics & numerical data

Cross-Sectional Studies

Marijuana Smoking - psychology

Humans

Alcohol Drinking - psychology

Male

Northwestern United States - epidemiology

Marijuana Smoking - epidemiology

Students - psychology

Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology

Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology

Adolescent Behavior - psychology

Adolescent

Sex Distribution

Substance-Related Disorders - psychology

Female

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The emotion-based domains of impulsivity, positive and negative urgency, are facets that have garnered attention due to their associations with substance use, and mindfulness based strategies have shown promise in reducing substance use in adults. The aim of the current study was to examine relations among urgency, mindfulness, and substance use in adolescence. Cross-sectional data were collected from students (N=1,051) at a large, private high school in the Pacific Northwest. Both positive and negative urgency were uniquely associated with greater likelihood of lifetime and current alcohol use; only positive urgency predicted lifetime marijuana use. Mindfulness was associated with a lower likelihood of lifetime alcohol or marijuana use. Interactions between urgency and mindfulness were not supported. Our findings highlight the need to explore relations among baseline mindfulness, skills based mindfulness, and personality in adolescent alcohol and other drug use.

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Title: When you see it, let it be: Urgency, mindfulness and adolescent substance use
Creators: Joanna M Robinson - Reed College, Department of Psychology, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland, OR 97202, United States
Benjamin O Ladd - Reed College, Department of Psychology, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland, OR 97202, United States
Kristen G Anderson - Reed College, Department of Psychology, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland, OR 97202, United States. Electronic address: Kristen.Anderson@reed.edu
Publication Details: Addictive behaviors, Vol.39(6), pp.1038-1041
Academic Unit: Psychology, Department of
Publisher: England
Grant note: R21 DA019960 / NIDA NIH HHS R01 AA012171 / NIAAA NIH HHS R21 DA019660 / NIDA NIH HHS
Identifiers: 99900547034001842
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article