Implicit associations and explicit expectancies toward cannabis in heavy cannabis users and controls

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Beraha, Esther M ^a   Cousijn, Janna ^a,b   Hermanides, Elisa ^a   Goudriaan, Anna E ^a   Wiers, Reinout W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affective associations; Cannabis; Cannabis use disorder; Craving; Implicit association test

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTANCY; EXPLICIT MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLICIT MEMORY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SINGLE CATEGORY IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TEST; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84884584588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00059     Document Type: Article

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