@article{ref1,
title="Risky sexual behavior among adolescents: the role of decision-making, problems from cannabis use and externalizing disorder symptoms",
journal="Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology",
year="2019",
author="Ross, J. Megan and Granja, Karen and Duperrouzel, Jacqueline C. and Pacheco-Colón, Ileana and Lopez-Quintero, Catalina and Hawes, Samuel W. and Gonzalez, Raul",
volume="41",
number="3",
pages="300-311",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Previous research has demonstrated that externalizing symptoms, cannabis use problems, and poor decision-making abilities are each independently related to risky sexual behavior (RSB). However, few studies have examined the joint effect of these factors on RSB among a sample of adolescents. <br><br>METHODS: The current study addresses this gap in the literature by examining how externalizing disorder symptoms, cannabis use, and decision-making abilities interact to predict RSB among a sample of adolescents (n = 204; M<sub>age</sub> = 15.5) at-risk for escalation in cannabis use. Poisson regression was used for all analyses, and simple slope difference tests were used for all post-hoc analyses. <br><br>RESULTS: A greater number of externalizing symptoms, more problems from cannabis use, and more risk disadvantageous choices on the Cups Task (CT) total trials and more risk disadvantageous choices on the CT-gain trials predicted greater RSB endorsement. <br><br>FINDINGS also highlight significant interactions between cannabis use problems and CT-total and -gain trial performance, as well as between cannabis use problems and externalizing symptoms in predicting RSB. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Current treatment and prevention approaches to reduce RSB among adolescents may benefit from incorporating techniques that improve decision-making skills.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1380-3395",
doi="10.1080/13803395.2018.1550192",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2018.1550192"
}