Predictors of substance use during treatment for addiction: A network analysis of ecological momentary assessment data.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) studies have previously demonstrated a prospective influence of craving on substance use in the following hours. Conceptualizing substance use as a dynamic system of causal elements could provide valuable insights into the interaction of craving with other symptoms in the process of relapse. The aim of this study was to improve the understanding of these daily life dynamic inter-relationships by applying dynamic networks analyses to EMA data sets.

Design, setting and participants

Secondary analyses were conducted on time-series data from two 2-week EMA studies. Data were collected in French outpatient addiction treatment centres. A total of 211 outpatients beginning treatment for alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, stimulants

SUBMITTER: Serre F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11638523 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature