The who and how of attentional bias in cannabis users: associations with use severity, craving and interference control.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Cognitive and motivational processes are thought to underlie cannabis use disorder (CUD), but research assessing how cognitive processes [e.g. interference control (IC)] interact with implicit [e.g. attentional bias (AB)] and explicit motivation (i.e. craving) is lacking. We assessed the presence of AB in cannabis users with varying use severity and tested models of moderation, mediation and moderated mediation to assess how AB, craving and IC interact in their association with measures of cannabis use.

Design

A cross-sectional study design was used.

Setting and participants

Eight studies performed by our laboratory in the Netherlands including never-sporadic, occasional (≤ 1/month) and regular cannabis users (≥ 2/week), and individuals in treatment for CUD were

SUBMITTER: Kroon E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10091751 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature