A comparison of motives for marijuana and alcohol use among experienced users

Simons, Jeffrey S.; Correia, Christopher J.; Carey, Kate B.

doi:10.1016/s0306-4603(98)00104-x

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“…4 In accordance with previously discussed patterns of convergence between different substance use motives (e.g. Simons et al, 2000), previous practices of assessing motives for tobacco use (e.g. Pomerleau, Pomerleau, Flessland, & Basson, 1992), and marijuana use (e.g.…”

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“…Simons, Correia, & Carey, 2000), some researchers pointed to the lack of agreement on how to best conceptualize substance use motives. High inter-correlations among certain factors are common, and in the context of overall addictive behavior, some researchers propose that there may be two higher-order factors for substance use motives, namely negative and positive reinforcement motive dimensions (Pomerleau, Fagerström, Marks, Tate, & Pomerleau, 2003;Battistaet al, 2008).…”

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“…The extent to which motives vary across substance types, and across severity of substance use has yet to be determined (Simons et al, 2000). Existing motivational models shed light on the potential causes of substance use, but were primarily focused on motives for single substance use (e.g.…”

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Motivation for Substance Use: Why Do People Use Alcohol, Tobacco and Marijuana?

Tkalić

Sučić

Dević

2013

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The research aimed to explore the salience of different motives for substance use among alcohol, tobacco and marijuana users, and to investigate the difference in motives' salience with regard to frequency of substance use and respondents' socio-demographic characteristics. Data were collected among subsamples of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana users drawn from the representative sample of Croatian citizens (N = 4756). Respondents assessed four types, and for marijuana use five types of motives for each substance use (enhancement, social, conformity, coping, and expansion). The enhancement motives were assessed as the most, and conformity motives as the least salient motives among all groups of substance users. Generally, enhanced salience of motives was related to the frequency of all types of substance use. While age had significant effect on the salience of social motives for tobacco use, gender and marital status had significant effect on the salience of all motives for alcohol use, and age had significant effect only on the salience of enhancement and social motives for alcohol use. Among marijuana users, only marital status had significant effect on the salience of expansion motives for marijuana use. Results are discussed within the framework of motivational models for substance use.

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Motivation for Substance Use: Why Do People Use Alcohol, Tobacco and Marijuana?

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Dević

2013

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“…10,11 Social enhancement motives are the most commonly indicated reasons for consuming alcohol among college students. 12,13 Although drinking to enhance social experiences may be common, drinking to cope with negative affect or enhance positive affect is more likely to be associated with increased alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems. [13][14][15] Our study investigated self-reported alcohol use and identified reasons for drinking alcohol among doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) students at 1 institution.…”

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“…12,13 Although drinking to enhance social experiences may be common, drinking to cope with negative affect or enhance positive affect is more likely to be associated with increased alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems. [13][14][15] Our study investigated self-reported alcohol use and identified reasons for drinking alcohol among doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) students at 1 institution. The study objectives were to identify reasons for drinking, determine the patterns of alcohol abuse, and explore the relationships between drinking motives and alcohol abuse patterns while controlling for demographic differences.…”

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Alcohol Use Behaviors Among Pharmacy Students

Oliver

McGuffey

Westrick

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American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objective. To identify reasons for drinking, determine the patterns of alcohol abuse, and explore relationships between drinking motives and alcohol abuse patterns in pharmacy students. Methods. A cross-sectional anonymous, voluntary, self-administered paper survey instrument was administered to first-year (P1) through third-year (P3) pharmacy students as part of a professional seminar.Results. Survey instruments were completed by 349 pharmacy students (95.9% cooperation rate). Using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test criteria, 23.2% of students reported hazardous or harmful use and 67.2% of students reported consuming alcohol at hazardous levels during the past year. Students who were male (37.0%), single (25.3%), and attended the main campus (26.2%) were more likely than their counterparts to report hazardous or harmful alcohol use. Pharmacy students reported social motives as the most common reason for drinking; however, coping and enhancement motives were more predictive of harmful or hazardous alcohol use. Conclusion. Approximately 1 in 4 pharmacy students (23%) reported hazardous or harmful alcohol use. Education about the dangers of alcohol abuse and intervention programs from colleges and schools of pharmacy are recommended to help address this issue.

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Marijuana coping motives interact with marijuana use frequency to predict anxious arousal, panic related catastrophic thinking, and worry among current marijuana users

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The present investigation evaluated whether coping motives for marijuana use interacted with past 30-day frequency of marijuana use in relation to anxiety-relevant variables among community-recruited young adult marijuana users (n=149). As expected, after covarying cigarettes per day, alcohol use, and total years of marijuana use, the interaction between frequency of past 30-day marijuana use and coping motives predicted anxious arousal symptoms, agoraphobic cognitions, and worry. Marijuana users who demonstrated high use frequency and high coping motives demonstrated the highest levels of anxiety across these anxiety-relevant criterion variables. No such effects were evident, as expected, for depressive symptoms, offering explanatory specificity for anxiety relative to depressive factors. These results are discussed in relation to better understanding the role of marijuana use and coping motives in regard to anxiety vulnerability.

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A comparison of motives for marijuana and alcohol use among experienced users

Cited by 204 publications

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Motivation for Substance Use: Why Do People Use Alcohol, Tobacco and Marijuana?

Motivation for Substance Use: Why Do People Use Alcohol, Tobacco and Marijuana?

Alcohol Use Behaviors Among Pharmacy Students

Marijuana coping motives interact with marijuana use frequency to predict anxious arousal, panic related catastrophic thinking, and worry among current marijuana users

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