Examination of the Association Among Personality Traits, Anxiety Sensitivity, and Cannabis Use Motives in a Community Sample

Personality factors, such as neuroticism, are important for understanding motives for cannabis use; however, few studies have examined the role of neuroticism in the context of other personality factors, or possible mechanisms accounting for an association between neuroticism and motives for use. Th...

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Published in:Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment 2016-09, Vol.38 (3), p.373-380
Main Authors: Chowdhury, Nadia, Kevorkian, Salpi, Sheerin, Christina M., Zvolensky, Michael J., Berenz, Erin C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agreeableness
Anxiety
Arousal
Associations
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Community
Conscientiousness
Coping
Drug use
Extraversion
Marijuana
Motivation
Neuroticism
Personality
Personality and Social Psychology
Personality traits
Psychology
Self report
Sensitivity
Young adults
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Summary:Personality factors, such as neuroticism, are important for understanding motives for cannabis use; however, few studies have examined the role of neuroticism in the context of other personality factors, or possible mechanisms accounting for an association between neuroticism and motives for use. The present study examined concurrent associations between personality traits (i.e., conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism) and cannabis use motives, and the role of anxiety sensitivity (AS) in the association between neuroticism and coping cannabis use motives. Seventy young adults endorsing past-month cannabis use (58.6 % female, M age  = 20.91) completed self-report measures. Linear regressions were conducted to examine the concurrent associations between personality factors and cannabis use motives. Higher levels of neuroticism, but no other personality traits, were significantly associated with greater coping ( β  = 45, p  
ISSN:0882-2689
1573-3505
DOI:10.1007/s10862-015-9526-6