Examining bidirectional associations between cannabis use and internalizing symptoms among high-risk emerging adults: A prospective cohort study
This study found evidence of bidirectional relationships between cannabis consequences and internalizing symptoms across emerging adulthood, with the prevailing direction from cannabis-related negative consequences to increases in internalizing symptoms. These findings highlight the importance of cannabis intervention in emerging adults, both to reduce consequences and to prevent internalizing disorders, especially targeting females and those with clinically elevated internalizing symptoms.
Authors
- Amanda Doggett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8538-432X)
- Kyla Belisario (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5403-9531)
- Jillian Halladay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4393-2572)
- Andrea Maxwell
- James G. Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9378-8754)
- Molly L. Scarfe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4595-6017)
- Samuel F. Acuff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1934-2639)
- André J. McDonald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1734-5067)
- James MacKillop
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (CA)
- University of Memphis (US)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychological Medicine
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291725101700
- Primary Topic
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- McMaster University
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research