Motives for cannabis use as a moderator variable of distress among young adults

Brodbeck, Jeannette; Matter, Monika; Page, Julie; Moggi, Franz

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.11.012

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“…Other researchers have faced the same problem with this item and tried to improve its performance by grouping response categories into smaller entities (<one hour in stead of 'one or two' hours, 'one or two hours' in stead of 'three or four' hours, etc., Adamson et al, 2008). As the number of hours being stoned is already well assessed by Item 3, we suggest replacing Item 2 by Item 14 (motives for using cannabis), since motivation is crucial when defi ning problematic patterns of use (Brodbeck et al, 2007).…”

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Revising the Cannabis Use Disorders Identification Test (CUDIT) by means of Item Response Theory

Annaheim¹,

Scotto²,

Gmel³

2010

Int J Methods Psych Res

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Cannabis use among adolescents and young adults has become a major public health challenge. Several European countries are currently developing short screening instruments to identify 'problematic' forms of cannabis use in general population surveys. One such instrument is the Cannabis Use Disorders Identification Test (CUDIT), a 10-item questionnaire based on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. Previous research found that some CUDIT items did not perform well psychometrically. In the interests of improving the psychometric properties of the CUDIT, this study replaces the poorly performing items with new items that specifically address cannabis use. Analyses are based on a sub-sample of 558 recent cannabis users from a representative population sample of 5722 individuals (aged 13-32) who were surveyed in the 2007 Swiss Cannabis Monitoring Study. Four new items were added to the original CUDIT. Psychometric properties of all 14 items, as well as the dimensionality of the supplemented CUDIT were then examined using Item Response Theory. Results indicate the unidimensionality of CUDIT and an improvement in its psychometric performance when three original items (usual hours being stoned; injuries; guilt) are replaced by new ones (motives for using cannabis; missing out leisure time activities; difficulties at work/school). However, improvements were limited to cannabis users with a high problem score. For epidemiological purposes, any further revision of CUDIT should therefore include a greater number of 'easier' items.

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Revising the Cannabis Use Disorders Identification Test (CUDIT) by means of Item Response Theory

Annaheim¹,

Scotto²,

Gmel³

2010

Int J Methods Psych Res

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“…Although adolescents and young adults commonly report using marijuana for mood enhancement (Brodbeck et al, 2007;Hathaway, 2003;Lee et al, 2007;Zvolensky et al, 2007), this sample of youth who use marijuana frequently did not appear to be responding to a desire to either increase low positive affect or maintain high positive affect. For these young people, their near-daily use may be more likely to be in response to the need for negative affect regulation rather than the desire for recreation, consistent with research in college students attempting to cease marijuana use .…”

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Momentary Positive and Negative Affect Preceding Marijuana Use Events in Youth

Shrier

Ross

Blood

2014

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: Desire to self-regulate affect, including to maintain or enhance positive affect and to reduce negative affect, may be a primary motivation for marijuana use among young people. This study examined how positive and negative affect differ before marijuana use compared with other times. Method: Forty medical outpatients ages 15-24 years who used marijuana recreationally at least twice a week (M = 18.7 years; 58% female) reported momentary positive affect, negative affect, companionship, perceived ease of obtaining marijuana, and marijuana use several times a day for 2 weeks on a handheld computer. Mean momentary positive affect and negative affect scores in the 24 hours leading up to a marijuana use event (n = 294) were compared with affect scores in times further from subsequent use. Generalized estimating equation models considered as potential moderators perceived ease of obtaining marijuana and being with friends. Results: Positive affect did not differ in the 24 hours before marijuana use compared with times further before use. Negative affect was signifi cantly higher before marijuana use compared with other times. Being with friends and perceived easy marijuana availability did not moderate the associations. The association between negative affect and subsequent marijuana use was attenuated when negative affect was examined only for the moment just before use, suggesting that use may follow a period of increased negative affect. Conclusions: The fi ndings support an affect regulation model for marijuana use among frequently using youth. Specifi cally, these youth may use marijuana to manage increased negative affect. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 75, 781-789, 2014)

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“…Other recent work has found that coping motives have been found to be both a moderator and mediator between mental health and marijuana use (Brodbeck et al, 2007;Buckner et al, 2007). For example, individuals endorsing coping motives for marijuana use exhibited poorer mental health, greater symptoms of psychopathology, and greater psychosocial distress, compared with nonusers and individuals who used marijuana for social reasons.…”

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Development and Preliminary Validation of a Comprehensive Marijuana Motives Questionnaire

Lee

Neighbors

Hendershot

et al. 2009

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: Relatively little research has evaluated motives for using marijuana based on users' self-reported reasons. This article details the construction and psychometric validation of a new marijuana motives questionnaire. Method: Participants included 346 marijuanausing college students who completed online assessments regarding their motives for, frequency of, and problems associated with their marijuana use. Results: Exploratory and confi rmatory factor analysis supported a 12-factor scale, including the following: (1) Enjoyment, (2) Conformity, (3) Coping, (4) Experimentation, (5) Boredom, (6) Alcohol, (7) Celebration, (8) Altered Perception, (9) Social Anxiety, (10) Relative Low Risk, (11) Sleep/Rest, and (12) Availability. Regression results indicated enjoyment, boredom, altered perception, relative low-risk, and sleep/rest were each uniquely associated with greater frequency of use. Experimentation and availability motives were associated with less use. After accounting for use, coping and sleep/rest were associated with signifi cantly more consequences whereas enjoyment was associated with fewer consequences. Additional results comparing the scale to an existing marijuana motives measure indicated comparatively good convergent validity. Conclusions: Emerging adult college students may have several different reasons for using marijuana, which are uniquely related to use and negative consequences. , and theoretical models on the determinants of alcohol use (e.g., Cooper, 1994;Cox and Klinger, 1988), smoking (e.g., Piasecki et al., 2007), and gambling (e.g., Neighbors et al., 2002) have focused on the infl uence of individual differences in motivations as contributing to subsequent patterns of behavior. In terms of substance use, although research has fi rmly established that differences in affect and behavioral regulation motives (e.g., tension reduction, social enhancement) predict patterns of drinking behaviors (e.g., Cooper, 1994;Cox and Klinger, 1990), less research has examined marijuana-use motives and their relation to use/ consequences. The purpose of the present study is to develop a comprehensive marijuana motives questionnaire, conduct preliminary reliability and validity analyses, and subsequently inform the development of an empirical motivational model of marijuana use and related consequences. Marijuana use among young adultsMarijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug among individuals ages 18-25. Among college students, 49% report lifetime use, roughly one third report past-year use, and one fi fth report past-month use. Daily marijuana use among college students is slightly more common than daily alcohol use (4.5% vs 3.7%, respectively; Johnston et al., 2005). In a recent household survey, more than half of individuals ages 18-25 had used marijuana at least once (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2005), and approximately 7.4% met marijuana dependence criteria in the past year (Chen et al., 1997). Although many marijuana users do not develop long...

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Motives for cannabis use as a moderator variable of distress among young adults

Cited by 66 publications

References 15 publications

Revising the Cannabis Use Disorders Identification Test (CUDIT) by means of Item Response Theory

Revising the Cannabis Use Disorders Identification Test (CUDIT) by means of Item Response Theory

Momentary Positive and Negative Affect Preceding Marijuana Use Events in Youth

Development and Preliminary Validation of a Comprehensive Marijuana Motives Questionnaire

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