Understanding Loss of Control Eating Through the Lens of Expectancies and Reinforcement Sensitization.

Objective: Prior research has indicated that outcome expectancies, sensitivity to punishment, and sensitivity to reward may predict harmful health behaviors concurrently, including disordered eating. Loss-of-control eating (LOCE), feeling unable to resist eating or stop once one has started, is associated with expectancies that eating alleviates negative affect (NA reduction expectancies) and expectancies that eating is rewarding (reward expectancies).

Method: A survey battery was administered examining LOCE pathology, sensitivity to punishment, sensitivity to reward, and eating expectancies to a sample of 1660 adults in the United States ( = 39.

Perceived Financial Vulnerability, Wealth, and Wealth Change: The Health and Retirement Study.

Objectives: The 6-item Perceived Financial Vulnerability (PFV) scale assesses awareness and psychological vulnerability regarding finances. Prior findings using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) identified significant associations of PFV with wealth, demographics, and health status. This study examines the relationship between wealth, changes in wealth, and PFV.

Effects of medical cannabis use on physical and psychiatric symptoms across the day among older adults.

Introduction: Older adults are increasingly using medical cannabis (MC). It is unclear if therapeutic effects increase problematic use patterns. The current study addresses this issue by examining symptom trajectories across the day and using trajectories to predict problematic use.

A Deviance Regulation Theory Intervention Affects the Association Between Narcissistic Traits and Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategies in College Students.

College students continue to report problematic alcohol use. To mitigate adverse outcomes, recent studies have employed harm reduction strategies known as Protective Behavioral Strategies (PBS). Deviance Regulation Theory (DRT), an impression management intervention, has been used to promote the use of PBS.

Relationship Between Cannabis Use and Immediate, Delayed, and Working Memory Performance Among Older Adults.

Cannabis is increasingly accessible and use is increasing rapidly among older adults as laws change and cannabis becomes more frequently prescribed in healthcare settings. Past research identified cognitive effects of cannabis use among adolescents and young adults that can persist for several weeks after intoxication, though little is known about how these effects generalize to older adults. Participants ( = 1348) were drawn from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and were categorized as current occasional users (up to once/week in the past year, = 36), current frequent users (once per week or more in the past year, = 92), past users ( = 334), and non-users ( = 886).

Loss-of-Control-Eating Mediates the Relationship between Cannabis-Related Problems and Eating Pathology.

The prevalence of eating pathology among college students has increased significantly in recent years. This coincides with increases in the use of cannabis, both nationally, but also among college students. Problematic cannabis use has been linked to eating pathology in prior research.