A multi-site proof-of-concept investigation of computerized approach-avoidance training in adolescent cannabis users

•Youth decrease cannabis use after Cannabis Approach Avoidance Training.•Youth increase alcohol use after Cannabis Approach Avoidance Training.•Multisite computerized intervention trials with youth cannabis users are feasible.•Future computerized interventions should target youth cannabis and alcoho...

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Published in:Drug and alcohol dependence 2018-06, Vol.187, p.195-204
Main Authors: Jacobus, Joanna, Taylor, Charles T., Gray, Kevin M., Meredith, Lindsay R., Porter, Anna M., Li, Irene, Castro, Norma, Squeglia, Lindsay M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior - psychology
Adolescents
Alcohol
Alcohol use
Alcohols
Approach-Avoidance
Averages
Avoidance
Avoidance behavior
Avoidance Learning
Behavior, Addictive - epidemiology
Behavior, Addictive - psychology
Behavior, Addictive - therapy
Bias
Brain
California - epidemiology
Cannabis
Cognitive ability
Cognitive bias
Computerization
Coping
Cues
Drug abuse
Drug use
Female
Help seeking behavior
Humans
Intervention
Male
Marijuana
Marijuana Abuse - epidemiology
Marijuana Abuse - psychology
Marijuana Abuse - therapy
Marijuana Smoking - epidemiology
Marijuana Smoking - psychology
Marijuana Smoking - therapy
Neuroscience
Neurosciences
Paradigms
Pilot Projects
Pilot training
Proof of Concept Study
Randomization
Statistical analysis
Statistical significance
Teenagers
Therapy, Computer-Assisted - methods
Training
Treatment
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult
Youth
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Summary:•Youth decrease cannabis use after Cannabis Approach Avoidance Training.•Youth increase alcohol use after Cannabis Approach Avoidance Training.•Multisite computerized intervention trials with youth cannabis users are feasible.•Future computerized interventions should target youth cannabis and alcohol use. Few effective treatment options exist for cannabis-using youth. This pilot study aimed to test Approach-Avoidance Training to reduce cannabis use with non-treatment-seeking adolescents. Eighty cannabis-using non-treatment-seeking adolescents (average age 19) were recruited from San Diego, California and Charleston, South Carolina, and randomized to complete either six sessions of Cannabis Approach-Avoidance Task Training (CAAT-training) designed to reduce automatic approach biases for cannabis cues or CAAT-sham training. Change in two primary outcome variables was examined: 1) cannabis approach bias and 2) percent cannabis use days over study enrollment. Change in percent alcohol use days over study enrollment was explored as a secondary outcome. A mixed models repeated measures analysis confirmed the group by time interaction effect for approach bias failed to reach statistical significance (p = .06). Significant group by time interaction effects (ps 
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.03.007