2022
Marijuana Use and Intentions Among American Indian Adolescents: Perceived Risks, Benefits, and Peer Use
Nalven T, Schick M, Spillane N, Quaresma S. Marijuana Use and Intentions Among American Indian Adolescents: Perceived Risks, Benefits, and Peer Use. Psychology Of Addictive Behaviors 2022, 36: 177-185. PMID: 33617272, PMCID: PMC8380270, DOI: 10.1037/adb0000661.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPast-month marijuana useAmerican Drug and Alcohol SurveyMarijuana usePeer useAssociated with past-month marijuana usePast-month useLifetime marijuana usePerceived peer useComponents of treatment programsMarijuanaMeasures of substance useIndian adolescentsRiskSubstance usePerceptions of peer useTreatment programsPrevention effortsNear reservationsAmerican Indian adolescentsAlcohol SurveyGreater benefitsUse
2020
Three As of American Indian adolescent marijuana use: Availability, acceptability, and approval
Spillane N, Schick M, Nalven T, Kirk-Provencher K. Three As of American Indian adolescent marijuana use: Availability, acceptability, and approval. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2020, 219: 108462. PMID: 33373878, PMCID: PMC8392678, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108462.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdolescent marijuana useMarijuana useMarijuana availabilityRisk of marijuana usePerceived risks of marijuana useAvailability of marijuanaPerceived riskRates of marijuana useMarijuanaSPSS v26.0Multilevel mediation analysisPerceptions of approvalInjunctive normsMediation analysisRiskNesting of dataIdentifying 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