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

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 n...

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Published in:Addictive behaviors 2010-03, Vol.35 (3), p.286-289
Main Authors: Ernst, Monique, Luckenbaugh, David A, Moolchan, Eric T, Temple, Veronica A, Jenness, Jessica, Korelitz, Katherine E, London, Edythe D, Kimes, Alane S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent development
Alcohol
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol use
Child
Decision Making
Drug experimentation
Drug use
Emotions
Face
Facial Expression
Female
Humans
Information processing
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Marijuana
Marijuana Abuse - epidemiology
Psychiatry
Recognition
Risk Factors
Risk-Taking
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Teenagers
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0306-4603
1873-6327
DOI:10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.10.014