2023
Sex and Gender Differences in Simultaneous Alcohol and Cannabis Use: a Narrative Review
Tomko R, Gex K, Davis C, Schick M, Kirkland A, Squeglia L, Flanagan J, Gray K, McRae-Clark A. Sex and Gender Differences in Simultaneous Alcohol and Cannabis Use: a Narrative Review. Current Addiction Reports 2023, 10: 628-637. PMID: 38264339, PMCID: PMC10803059, DOI: 10.1007/s40429-023-00513-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCannabis useSimultaneous alcoholGender differencesPharmacological effectsSubjective effectsSex/gender differencesCannabisGender minoritiesCisgender populationNegative consequencesAlcoholGenderMotivationReview recent literatureWomenFindingsMenNarrative review’s purposeReviewThe aimCisgenderMenSexSummaryResearchDifferencesConsequencesMinority
2020
Alcohol- and drug-related consequences across latent classes of substance use among American Indian adolescents
Schick M, Goldstein S, Nalven T, Spillane N. Alcohol- and drug-related consequences across latent classes of substance use among American Indian adolescents. Addictive Behaviors 2020, 113: 106682. PMID: 33038678, PMCID: PMC8392693, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106682.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-related consequencesClasses of substance useCigarette useSubstance useAI adolescentsHealth disparitiesMonth substance useLatent classes of substance useCross-class comparisonsNegative consequencesSubstance use behaviorsSignificant public health concernTribal authorityIncreased riskPolysubstance usePublic health concernInstitutional IRBRacial/ethnic groupsCigaretteMarijuanaSecondary analysisMultiple substancesUse behaviorsAdolescentsLatent classesIdentifying Competing Life Reinforcers for Substance Use in First Nation Adolescents
Spillane N, Kirk-Provencher K, Schick M, Nalven T, Goldstein S, Kahler C. Identifying Competing Life Reinforcers for Substance Use in First Nation Adolescents. Substance Use & Misuse 2020, 55: 886-895. PMID: 31965888, PMCID: PMC7224337, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2019.1710206.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtective factors associated with substance useFactors associated with substance useFirst Nation adolescentsSubstance useBehavioural theory of choiceNon-Indigenous youthNation adolescentsIncreased riskCulturally appropriate prevention strategiesAvailability of substancesIndigenous youthQualitative focus groupsModified grounded theory approachIndigenous populationCommunity influencePrevention strategiesGrounded theory approachPeer influenceFocus groupsNegative consequencesIndividual interviewsAvailability of alternativesRiskInvestigate riskYouth
2019
Positive urgency worsens the impact of normative feedback on 21st birthday drinking
Whitt Z, Bernstein M, Spillane N, Stein L, Suffoletto B, Neighbors C, Schick M, Cyders M. Positive urgency worsens the impact of normative feedback on 21st birthday drinking. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2019, 204: 107559. PMID: 31563804, PMCID: PMC6878139, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107559.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLevels of positive urgencyPositive urgencyBirthday drinkingIntervention conditionNormative feedbackAssociated with more alcohol consumptionResponse to positive emotionsAlcohol consumptionReducing 21st birthday drinkingPersonalized normative feedbackAlcohol-related consequencesActual alcohol consumptionAssociated with drinkingHierarchical linear regressionReduce alcohol consumptionModerated-mediation modelPlanned drinkingNegative consequencesAssociated with greater numbersDrinking problemsPositive emotionsModerated-mediationUndergraduate studentsControl conditionParticipants