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Biobehavioral Predictors Of Cannabis Use In Adolescence, Philip Aaron Spechler
Biobehavioral Predictors Of Cannabis Use In Adolescence, Philip Aaron Spechler
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
Cannabis use initiated during adolescence may precipitate lasting consequences on the brain and behavioral health of the individual. However, research on the risk factors for cannabis use during adolescence has been largely cross-sectional in design. Despite the few prospective studies, even less is known about the neurobiological predictors. This dissertation improves on the extant literature by leveraging a large longitudinal study to uncover the predictors of cannabis use in adolescent samples collected prior to exposure. All data were drawn from the IMAGEN study and contained a large sample of adolescents studied at age 14 (N=2,224), and followed up at age …