Decision-making and facial emotion recognition as predictors of substance-use initiation among adolescents

Monique Ernst; David A. Luckenbaugh; Eric T. Moolchan; Veronica A. Temple; Jessica Jenness; Katherine E. Korelitz; Edythe D. London; Alane S. Kimes

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.10.014

Decision-making and facial emotion recognition as predictors of substance-use initiation among adolescents

Monique Ernst, David A. Luckenbaugh, Eric T. Moolchan, Veronica A. Temple, Jessica Jenness, Katherine E. Korelitz, Edythe D. London, Alane S. Kimes

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Abstract

This 4-year longitudinal study examined whether performance on a decision-making task and an emotion-processing task predicted the initiation of tobacco, marijuana, or alcohol use among 77 adolescents. Of the participants, 64% met criteria for an externalizing behavioral disorder; 33% did not initiate substance use; 13% used one of the three substances under investigation, 18% used two, and 36% used all three. Initiation of substance use was associated with enhanced recognition of angry emotion, but not with risky decision-making. In conclusion, adolescents who initiate drug use present vulnerability in the form of bias towards negative emotion but not toward decisions that involve risk.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	286-289
Number of pages	4
Journal	Addictive Behaviors
Volume	35
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.10.014
State	Published - Mar 2010

Keywords

Adolescent development
Alcohol
Drug experimentation
Marijuana
Smoking

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine (miscellaneous)
Clinical Psychology
Toxicology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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