Cannabis expectancies mediate the association between social media use and cannabis experimentation in early adolescents: A prospective cohort study
Given the association between social media exposure on cannabis use and the mediating role of expectancies for adolescents, future research may explore interventions that limit both social media time and address expectancies to prevent early initiation of cannabis use.
Authors
- Alexander M. Testa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8686-9115)
- Colbey Ricklefs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6214-8557)
- Fiona C. Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9602-6165)
- Glenn‐Milo Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1009-5317)
- Andrew Caffrey
- Abubakr A A Al-Shoaibi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6513-9984)
- Jason M. Nagata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6541-0604)
- Nam Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4753-7214)
- Claire D. Brindis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2284-3936)
- Sashikant Nayak
- Christiane K. Helmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2935-382X)
- Isaac Frimpong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3012-1486)
Institutions
- SRI International (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Unity Health System (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center (US)
- University of San Francisco (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence
- Published
- 2025-10-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112947
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39