Daily associations between posttraumatic stress disorder, cannabis use, and negative affect among veterans

Jordan P. Davis; Shaddy K. Saba; Daniel Leightley; Eric R. Pedersen; John Prindle; Carl A. Castro; Bistra Dilkina; Emily Dworkin; Jonathan Cantor; Angeles Sedano

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116626

journal article Sep 01, 2025

Daily associations between posttraumatic stress disorder, cannabis use, and negative affect among veterans

Jordan P. Davis

Shaddy K. Saba Daniel Leightley

Eric R. Pedersen

John Prindle

Carl A. Castro Bistra Dilkina Emily Dworkin Jonathan Cantor Angeles Sedano

Psychiatry Research Vol. 351 pp. 116626 · Elsevier BV

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Published: Sep 01, 2025
Vol/Issue: 351
Pages: 116626
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Emily Putnam-Hornstein is with the School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Eunhye Ahn and John Prindle are with the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Joseph Magruder and Daniel Webster are with the School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley. Christopher Wildeman is with the Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, NC.

University of Southern California

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National Institute on Drug Abuse

Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse

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Jordan P. Davis, Shaddy K. Saba, Daniel Leightley, et al. (2025). Daily associations between posttraumatic stress disorder, cannabis use, and negative affect among veterans. Psychiatry Research, 351, 116626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116626

Daily associations between posttraumatic stress disorder, cannabis use, and negative affect among veterans

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