| 2. | Driving kids to smoke? Children's reported exposure to smoke in cars and early smoking initiation Original Research Article
Pages 1027-1031 Marewa Glover, Robert Scragg, Sandar Min, Anette Kira, Vili Nosa, Judith McCool, Chris Bullen Research highlights► Pre-adolescents reported exposure to smoking in cars and smoking status. ► Exposure to smoking in cars increases child initiation of and current smoking. ► Highlights the importance of protecting children from SHS exposure in cars. | |
| 3. | Correlates of Salvia divinorum use in a national sample: Findings from the 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health Original Research Article
Pages 1032-1037 Jason A. Ford, William C. Watkins, Lindsey Blumenstein Highlights► The current study analyzes data from the 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. ► 1.66% of adolescents and 5.08% of adults report lifetime use of Salvia. ► Age, gender, income, peer/parent attitudes, and substance use are correlates among adolescents. ► Age, gender, race, religiosity, marriage, crime, and substance use are correlates among adults. | |
| 4. | Using the health belief model to predict injecting drug users' intentions to employ harm reduction strategies Original Research Article
Pages 1038-1044 Erin E. Bonar, Harold Rosenberg Highlights► Recent use of harm reduction predicted intentions to use harm reduction. ► Benefits of test shots predicted test shot intentions, when not in withdrawal. ► Susceptibility to overdose predicted test shot intentions when alone. ► Susceptibility to overdose predicted test shot intentions when not in withdrawal. ► Social norms predicted test shot intentions, when with others or alone. | |
| 6. | Validation of a nine-dimensional measure of drinking motives for use in clinical applications: The desired effects of drinking scale Original Research Article
Pages 1052-1060 Suzanne R. Doyle, Dennis M. Donovan, Tracy L. Simpson Highlights► The factor structure and validity of the Desired Effects of Drinking (DEOD) is assessed. ► The DEOD measures three general motives for drinking: Coping, Social, and Enhancement. ► Concurrent validity of subscales was obtained with alcohol-related measures. ► Subscales and total scores predicted alcohol consumption and obsession with drinking. ► The DEOD can be used clinically to help plan interventions and facilitate behavior change. | |
| 7. | The Desire Thinking Questionnaire: Development and psychometric properties Original Research Article
Pages 1061-1067 Gabriele Caselli, Marcantonio M. Spada Research highlights► The first self-report measure of desire thinking. ► Four studies on the development and testing of the measure. ► Use of community and clinical samples. ► Discussion of applications in clinical assessment. | |
| 9. | Alcohol-involved assault: Associations with posttrauma alcohol use, consequences, and expectancies Original Research Article
Pages 1076-1082 Michele Bedard-Gilligan, Debra Kaysen, Sruti Desai, Christine M. Lee Highlights►Women with an AIA report more alcohol use than women with a non-AIA or no trauma. ►Women with an AIA report more positive expectancies about alcohol. ►Women with an assault history report more drinking consequences. ►AIAs and non-AIAs differ in assault characteristics (e.g., severity, location). | |
| 10. | Life goals and alcohol use among first-year college students: The role of motives to limit drinking
Pages 1083-1086 Tibor P. Palfai, Timothy E. Ralston Highlights► We extend previous work on life goals and alcohol use in college students. ► Higher meaning in life goals is associated with less risky alcohol use. ► More reasons to limit alcohol use are related to less alcohol involvement. ► Self-control reasons for limiting mediate the goal meaning and alcohol relationship. ► These findings highlight the importance of non-alcohol activities for students. | |
| 11. | Pathological personality traits among patients with absent, current, and remitted substance use disorders
Pages 1087-1090 Christopher J. Hopwood, Leslie C. Morey, Andrew E. Skodol, Charles A. Sanislow, Carlos M. Grilo, Emily B. Ansell, Thomas H. McGlashan, John C. Markowitz, Anthony Pinto, Shirley Yen, M. Tracie Shea, John G. Gunderson, Mary C. Zanarini, Robert L. Stout Highlights► Substance use disorders (SUDs) show similar associations with normal traits. ► We investigated whether more nuance would be uncovered using pathological traits. ► Negative Temperament and Disinhibition generally indicate liability for SUDs. ► Positive Temperament facets vary in relation to SUDs. ► Pathological traits may indicate type of SUD and past or present problems. | |
| 15. | Sex differences in effects of cigarette smoking and 24-hr abstinence on plasma arginine vasopressin
Pages 1106-1109 Melissa M. Guaderrama, Elizabeth J. Corwin, Christine H. Kapelewski, Laura Cousino Klein Highlights► Cardiovascular effects of nicotine may be explained through release of arginine vasopressin (AVP). ► AVP levels of male and female non-smokers and smokers while smoking and following 24-hr abstinence measured. ► Women smokers displayed higher AVP levels than did male smokers while smoking and following abstinences. ► Among men, smoking resulted in lower AVP levels compared to non-smoking men. ► Women who smoked displayed higher AVP levels compared to their non-smoking counterparts. | |
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