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Exploring the Mediational Role of Coping Motives for Marijuana Use in Terms of the Relation between Anxiety Sensitivity and Marijuana Dependence

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Johnson, Kirsten, Mullin, Jennifer L., Marshall, Erin C., Bonn‐Miller, Marcel O., Zvolensky, Michael·2010·The American Journal on Addictions
DOI 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2010.00041.xPMC PMC2882657
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This study evaluated the prediction that coping motives for marijuana use would mediate the relation between anxiety sensitivity and a marijuana dependence diagnosis after controlling for other co‐occurring marijuana use motives. Participants were 136 current marijuana users (47.1% women; M age= 21.9, SD = 7.2). Results were consistent with a mediational effect, with the relation between anxiety sensitivity and marijuana dependence being explained by the addition of coping motives into the model. These results provide novel information related to the putative explanatory role of coping motives for marijuana use in the relation between anxiety sensitivity and marijuana dependence. (Am J Addict 2010;19:277–282)

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  • Substance use prompted by coping motives tends to be one of the most common reasons for use among emerging adults and is uniquely related to risk for harm.

    “However, substance use prompted by coping motives tends to be one of the most common reasons for use among emerging adults and is uniquely related to risk for harm.”

    From Examining the Prospective Associations Between Mindfulness Facets and Substance Use in Emerging Adulthood. (2021) · cites this paper as Johnson et al., 2010

    The Results (Coping Motives Mediating Anxiety Sensitivity and Marijuana Dependence Relations; page not provided) find that coping motives were associated with marijuana dependence after accounting for other marijuana-use motives and anxiety sensitivity. The paper does not establish that coping is one of the most common reasons for use among emerging adults, and its finding concerns marijuana dependence in a sample of marijuana users rather than harm from substance use generally. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • Emerging adults who experience more frequent and harmful alcohol and cannabis use report drinking or smoking for coping reasons.

    “For example, emerging adults who experience more frequent and harmful alcohol and cannabis use report drinking or smoking for coping reasons (Carey & Correia, 1997; Hides et al., 2008; Johnson et al., 2010; Moitra et al., 2015; Neighbors et al., 2007).”

    From Examining the Prospective Associations Between Mindfulness Facets and Substance Use in Emerging Adulthood. (2021) · cites this paper as Johnson et al., 2010

    The Results (Descriptive Statistics and Zero-Order Correlations; page unavailable) report that coping motives were positively associated with marijuana dependence in the young-adult sample described in Method (Participants). The paper does not establish that coping motives are associated with more frequent use, or that participants drank alcohol to cope; its alcohol data describe use and problems, not drinking motives. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • Some emerging adults use substances to cope with negative emotions.

    “some emerging adults use substances to cope with these negative emotions.”

    From Examining the Prospective Associations Between Mindfulness Facets and Substance Use in Emerging Adulthood. (2021) · cites this paper as Johnson et al., 2010

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Authors
Johnson, K., Mullin, J. L., Marshall, E. C., Bonn‐Miller, M. O., & Zvolensky, M.
Affiliations
  • University of Vermont (US)
  • VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
ORCID
Venue
The American Journal on Addictions
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2010-04-15
Volume
19
Issue
3
Pages
277-282
ISSN
  • 1055-0496 (ISSN-L)
  • 1521-0391
DOI
10.1111/j.1521-0391.2010.00041.x
PMC
PMC2882657
OpenAlex
W2133686986
Cited by
95
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3
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FWCI
3.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • American Journal on Addictions (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01da018734-03)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (F31MH080453)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (1R01 DA 018734-01A1, R01 DA 018734, F31DA026634)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
cannabis use, cannabis use disorder, anxiety sensitivity, coping motives, mediation, causes of drug use
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Anxiety, Marijuana Abuse, Female, Humans, Male, Marijuana Smoking, Models, Psychological, Young Adult

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