The relationship between executive functioning and addictive behavior: new insights from a longitudinal community study.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Although there is evidence that impaired executive functioning plays a role in addictive behavior, the longitudinal relationship between the two remains relatively unknown.

Objectives

In a prospective-longitudinal community study, we tested the hypothesis that lower executive functioning is associated with more addictive behavior at one point in time and over time.

Methods

Three hundred and thirty-eight individuals (19-27 years, 59% female) from a random community sample were recruited into three groups: addictive disorders related to substances (n = 100) or to behaviors (n = 118), or healthy controls (n = 120). At baseline, participants completed nine executive function tasks from which a latent variable of general executive functioning (GEF) was derived. A

SUBMITTER: Kraplin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9584881 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature