Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Related Concept Videos

Implicit Memories

Implicit Memories

Implicit memories, also known as non-declarative memories, are long-term memories that function outside of conscious awareness. These memories influence behavior and skills without explicit knowledge. This type of memory is evident in tasks like playing tennis, snowboarding, and texting. Implicit memory has three subsystems: procedural memory, conditioning, and priming. This type of memory is essential in various activities, from everyday tasks to specialized skills.
One key aspect of implicit...

Community Based Intervention

Community Based Intervention

Community-based interventions in mental health represent a paradigm shift from institution-centered care to treatments embedded within the fabric of local communities. By prioritizing inclusion and leveraging existing societal structures, this approach fosters a supportive environment conducive to addressing mental health challenges while promoting individual dignity and agency.
Foundations of Community Mental Health Programs
Central to the success of community-based interventions is the...

Operant Conditioning Intervention

Operant Conditioning Intervention

Operant conditioning serves as a foundational principle in therapeutic interventions aimed at modifying maladaptive behaviors. Central to this approach is the notion that behaviors, both adaptive and maladaptive, are learned through reinforcement. By analyzing the environmental factors that reinforce problematic behaviors, clinicians can design interventions to weaken these reinforcements and replace maladaptive behaviors with healthier alternatives.
In operant conditioning, behaviors that are...

Substance Use Disorders Affecting Sleep

Substance Use Disorders Affecting Sleep

Substance use disorders involve a pattern of using drugs more extensively than intended and continuing use despite harmful consequences. This includes legal substances like alcohol and nicotine, as well as illegal drugs. These disorders often involve both physical and psychological dependence, reflecting compulsive use of substances that significantly alter thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, contributing to a major public health issue.
Understanding the concepts of physical dependence,...

Self-Presentation: Self-Monitoring and Self-Handicapping

Self-Presentation: Self-Monitoring and Self-Handicapping

People can go to great lengths to protect their self-image and present themselves in ways that they want others to see them. Sociologist Erving Goffman presented the idea that a person is like an actor on a stage. Calling his theory dramaturgy, Goffman believed that we use “impression management” to present ourselves to others as we hope to be perceived. Each situation is a new scene, and individuals perform different roles depending on who is present (Goffman, 1959). Think about the way you...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Examining the factor structure of the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS) in emerging adults: An exploratory structural equation modeling approach.

Psychological assessment·2026

Same author

Emotional Psychopathology and Coping Cannabis Use Motives Are Involved in the Link Between Anxiety Sensitivity and Adverse Cannabis-Related Outcomes in Canadian Emerging Adults.

Substance use & misuse·2025

Same author

Expressive Writing About One's Trauma Increases Accessibility of Cannabis Information in Memory Among Trauma-Exposed Individuals.

Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.)·2025

Same author

Do anxiety symptoms and coping motives serially mediate the association between psychotic-like experiences and cannabis-related problems in undergraduate recent cannabis users?

Addictive behaviors·2023

Same author

Do Anxiety Symptoms Mediate the Association Between Cannabis Use Frequency and Psychotic-Like Experiences in Emerging Adult Undergraduates?

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie·2023

Same author

Cognitions mediate the influence of personality on adolescent cannabis use initiation.

Addictive behaviors reports·2022

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jun 17, 2026

A Prediction Error-driven Retrieval Procedure for Destabilizing and Rewriting Maladaptive Reward Memories in Hazardous Drinkers

A Prediction Error-driven Retrieval Procedure for Destabilizing and Rewriting Maladaptive Reward Memories in Hazardous Drinkers

Published on: January 5, 2018

Self-coded indirect memory associations in a brief school-based intervention for substance use suspensions.

Aarin P Frigon¹, Marvin D Krank

¹Psychology and Computer Science, The University of British Columbia, Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada.

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors : Journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors

|December 23, 2009

Summary

Self-coding memory associations for marijuana and alcohol use in adolescents proved more valid and predictive than other methods. This approach offers a cost-effective way to measure substance use cognitions for interventions.

More Related Videos

A Procedure to Study Stress-Induced Relapse of Heroin Seeking after Punishment-Imposed Abstinence

A Procedure to Study Stress-Induced Relapse of Heroin Seeking after Punishment-Imposed Abstinence

Published on: March 23, 2022

Using Practice Testing, Public Speaking, and Source Monitoring to Examine the Influences of Learning Strategies and Stress on Episodic Memory

Using Practice Testing, Public Speaking, and Source Monitoring to Examine the Influences of Learning Strategies and Stress on Episodic Memory

Published on: June 14, 2019

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jun 17, 2026

A Prediction Error-driven Retrieval Procedure for Destabilizing and Rewriting Maladaptive Reward Memories in Hazardous Drinkers

A Prediction Error-driven Retrieval Procedure for Destabilizing and Rewriting Maladaptive Reward Memories in Hazardous Drinkers

Published on: January 5, 2018

A Procedure to Study Stress-Induced Relapse of Heroin Seeking after Punishment-Imposed Abstinence

A Procedure to Study Stress-Induced Relapse of Heroin Seeking after Punishment-Imposed Abstinence

Published on: March 23, 2022

Using Practice Testing, Public Speaking, and Source Monitoring to Examine the Influences of Learning Strategies and Stress on Episodic Memory

Using Practice Testing, Public Speaking, and Source Monitoring to Examine the Influences of Learning Strategies and Stress on Episodic Memory

Published on: June 14, 2019

Area of Science:

Psychology
Neuroscience
Public Health

Background:

Adolescent substance use, including marijuana and alcohol, presents significant public health challenges.
Accurate measurement of substance use cognitions is crucial for effective intervention development.
Existing methods for coding memory associations may lack optimal validity and efficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the concurrent validity of self-generated and self-coded substance use associations for marijuana and alcohol.
To compare the predictive accuracy of self-coded versus conservative and liberal coding methods.
To evaluate the potential of self-coding as a cost-effective measure for indirect substance use cognitions.

Main Methods:

Adolescents (grades 7-12) in a school-based intervention program generated memory associations to high-risk situations and desirable outcomes.
Participants self-coded their associations, categorizing them as non-risk or substance use-related.
Three coding methods were compared: conservative, liberal, and self-coded.

Main Results:

Self-coded scores demonstrated higher concurrent validity with marijuana and alcohol use.
Self-coded scores were stronger predictors of substance use and related problems compared to conservative and liberal codes.
Self-coding reduced coding ambiguities and potentially lowered measurement costs.

Conclusions:

Self-coding of substance use memory associations offers improved validity and predictive power in adolescents.
This method provides a cost-effective and adaptable tool for measuring indirect substance use cognitions.
Self-coding holds promise for enhancing the development and delivery of substance use interventions.