Alcohol and Cannabis Use Interventions

One of the main focuses of research in the TECH Lab is on alcohol and cannabis use interventions. We use cutting-edge methods to develop, evaluate, and deliver efficacious alcohol and cannabis use interventions in order to increase accessibility to evidence-based intervention and treatment.  A main focus of several previously funded interventions has been decreasing alcohol and cannabis impaired driving among emerging adults using mobile phone technology. (* indicates student author)
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• Teeters, J.B., Armstrong, N.M., King*, S.A., & Hubbard*, S.M. (2022). A Randomized Pilot Trial of a Mobile Phone-Based Brief Intervention with Personalized Feedback and Interactive Text Messaging to Reduce Driving After Cannabis Use and Riding with a Cannabis Impaired Driver. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2022.108867
• King*, S.A., Twidwell*, R.E., Hahn, L.W., & Teeters, J.B. (2022). The Moderating Effect of Positively Valenced Words on Driving after Drinking Outcomes. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science, 82(1), 26-31. https://doi.org/10.3101/1098-7096-82.1.2
  
• Teeters, J.B., King*, S.A., & Hubbard*, S.M. (2021). A Mobile Phone-Based Brief Intervention with Personalized Feedback and Interactive Text Messaging is Associated with Changes in Driving After Cannabis Use Cognitions in a Proof-of-Concept Pilot Trial. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000442
• Teeters, J. B., Soltis, K.E., & Murphy, J. G. (2018). A mobile phone-based brief intervention with personalized feedback and text messaging is associated with reductions in driving after drinking among college drinkers. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 79(5), 710-719. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2018.79.710
• Teeters, J. B., Borsari, B., Martens, M. P., & Murphy, J. G. (2015). Brief motivational interventions are associated with reductions in alcohol-impaired driving among college drinkers. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 76(5), 700-709. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2015.76.700
• Elder*, S.N. & Teeters, J.B. (under review). Changes in Driving after Cannabis Use Cognitions Following a Mobile-Based Intervention.

Factors Influencing Heavy Substance Use and Substance Use Related Problems

Another area of focus for us is to examine factors that influence heavy substance use and substance related problems, such as trauma, poor sleep, emotion dysregulation, substance demand, delay discounting, social support, and suicidal ideation. Identifying these factors also allows us to know what new variables to target in future technology based interventions. (* indicates student author)

• McCollum*, D.C., Moskal*, K.R., and Teeters, J.B. (2023). Does Social Support Moderate the Association between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Substance-Related Problems? Substance Use and Misuse, 59(2), 269-277. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2023.2269570
• Moskal*, K. R., McCollum*, D.C., & Teeters, J.B. (2023). Examining Differences in Emotion Dysregulation among Emerging Adult Alcohol Users, Cannabis Users, and Simultaneous Users. Cannabis. doi: 10.26828/cannabis/2023/000166
  
• Teeters, J.B., Laves*, E. H., King*, S.A., & Brausch, A. M. (2023). Gender Moderates the Association between Cognitive Reappraisal and Alcohol-Related Problems among Adolescents. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 58(2), 182-189. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agac056
• King*, S.A., Hubbard*, S.M., Teeters, J.B., & Brausch, A.M. (2023). A longitudinal examination of alcohol use and emotion dysregulation in adolescence. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 31(2), 414–422. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000624
• Teeters, J. B., Jones, J.L., Jarnecke, A.M., & Back, S. E. (2020). Sleep moderates the Relationship between Stress and Craving in Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. doi: 10.1037/pha0000372
• Teeters, J.B., Woodward, M.J., Meshesha, L.Z., & Tripp, J.C. (2020). Cannabis Use in Civilian College Students and College Student Service Members/Veterans: The Moderating Effect of Anxiety. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1-7. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2020.1753758
• King*, S.A., Elder*, S.N., & Teeters, J.B. (2020). Negative Cannabis Expectancies are Associated with Driving after Cannabis Use. Cannabis, 3(2), 173-179. doi: 10.26828/cannabis.2020.02.004
• Meshesha, L.Z., Aston, E.R., Teeters, J.B., Blevins, C.E., Battle, C.L., Marsh, E., Feltus, S., Stein, M.E & Abrantes, A. (2020). Evaluating Alcohol Demand, Craving, and Depressive Symptoms among Women in Alcohol Treatment.
  Addictive Behaviors, 109. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106475
• Teeters, J.B., Meshesha, L.Z., Dennhardt, A.M., & Murphy, J.G. (2019). Elevated demand and proportionate substance-related reinforcement are associated with driving after cannabis use. Canadian Journal of Addiction, 10(3), 42-50. doi: 10.1097/CXA.0000000000000062
• Teeters, J. B., Lancaster, C. L., Brown, D. G. & Back, S. E. (2017). Substance use disorders in military veterans: Prevalence and treatment challenges. Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 8, 69-77. doi: 10.2147/SAR.S11672
• Meshesha, L. Z., Pickover, A. M., Teeters, J. B., & Murphy, J. G. (2017). A longitudinal behavioral economic analysis of non-medical prescription opioid use among college students. Psychological Record, 67(2), 241-251. doi: 10.1007/s40732-017-0235-2
• Lancaster, C. L., Teeters, J. B., Gros, D. F., & Back, S. E. (2016). Posttraumatic stress disorder: Overview of assessment and evidence-based treatments. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 5(11), 105-129. doi:10.3390/jcm5110105
• Amlung, M., Morris, D.H., Hatz, L., Teeters, J. B., Murphy, J. G., & McCarthy, D. M. (2016). Drinking and driving-related cognitions mediate the relationship between alcohol demand and alcohol-impaired driving. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77(4), 656-660. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2016.77.656
• Tripp, J. C., Meshesha, L. Z., Teeters, J. B., Pickover, A. M., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., & Murphy, J. G. (2015). Alcohol craving and demand mediate the relation between posttraumatic stress symptoms and alcohol-related consequences. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 23(5), 324-331. doi: 10.1037/pha0000040
• Teeters, J. B. & Murphy, J. M. (2015). The behavioral economics of driving after drinking among college drinkers.
  Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 39, 896-904. doi:10.1111/acer.12695
• Teeters, J. B., Pickover, A. M., Dennhardt, A. A., Martens, M. P., & Murphy, J. G. (2014). Elevated alcohol demand is associated with driving after drinking among college student binge drinkers. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 38, 2066-2072. doi: 10.1111/acer.12448
  
• Elder*, S.N. & Teeters, J.B. (revise and resubmit). Changes in driving after cannabis use cognitions following a mobile-based intervention.
  
• Moskal*, K.R. & Teeters, J.B. (revise and resubmit). Exploring The Connections Between Craving, Depression, Sleep, and Alcohol Use in Emerging Adults.
  
• Hubbard*, S.M., King*, S.A., & Teeters, J.B. (under review). Investigating Social Support as a Moderator of the Association between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Alcohol Use Disorder.
  
• Ali*, M., Moskal*, K.R., & McCollum*, D.C., Teeters, J.B. (under review). Multiple Discrimination, Depression and Anxiety Coping Motives, and Alcohol-Related Consequences.
  
• Wang*, C.L., Meshesha, L.Z., Magri, T.D., Nguyen*, M.D, & Teeters, J.B. (under review). Public Knowledge and Attitudes towards Pharmacotherapy and Willingness to Help People with Substance Use Disorders.
  
• McCollum*, D.C. & Teeters, J.B. (under review). The Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Adult Attachment Styles, and Problematic Alcohol Use in Emerging Adulthood.
  
•  Magri*, T.D., Meshesha, L.Z., Nguyen*, M.D., Wang*, C.L., Dvorak, R, Teeters, J.B., Martens, M.P., Borsari, B. & Murphy, J.G. (in progress). A Longitudinal Examination of Substance-free reinforcement, Alcohol use, and Alcohol Use Disorder Symptoms in Young Adults.
  
•  Woodward, M. J., Teeters, J. B., *McGettrick, C. M., *Milam, L. C., & *Forrest, H. (in progress). Pilot results for a trauma-informed and peer-supported digital brief intervention for young adult heavy drinkers with interpersonal trauma exposure.
  
• Moskal*, K.R., Traxler*, S., Briles*, E., & Teeters, J.B. (in progress). PTSD symptoms moderate the association between drinking alone and alcohol-related consequences: A brief report.