Impulsivity-the tendency to act without sufficient consideration of potential consequences in
pursuit of short-term rewards-is a vulnerability marker for substance use disorders (SUD) …

Risk-taking propensity has been crucial to the investigation of alcohol use and
consequences. One measure, the balloon analogue risk task (BART), has been used …

The use of smartphones, tablets and laptops/PCs has become ingrained in adults' and
increasingly in children's lives, which has sparked a debate about the risk of addiction to …

Suicidal behavior (SB) is a major problem in patients with substance use disorders (SUDs).
However, little is known about specific SB risk factors in this population, and pathogenetic …

Heterogeneity in development of imbalance between impulse control and sensation seeking
has not been studied until now. The present study scrutinized this heterogeneity and the link …

Previous research has demonstrated that adult pathological gamblers (compared to
controls) show risk-proneness, foreshortened time horizon, and preference for immediate …

We investigated if the dual systems model could explain the increased rates of substance
use among at‐risk youth. This study sampled 365 adolescents, 289 of which had a family …

Background Individuals with a family history (FH+) of alcohol use disorder (AUD) have a
higher risk for develo** an AUD than those with no family history (FH−) of AUD. In …

Background Previous investigations that have examined associations between family history
(FH) of alcohol/substance use and adolescent brain development have been primarily cross …

Background Little is known regarding the combined influence of psychosocial and neural
protective mechanisms against substance use. The present study examined the extent to …