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

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; Mage= 21.9...

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Published in:The American journal on addictions 2010-05, Vol.19 (3), p.277-282
Main Authors: Johnson, Kirsten, Mullin, Jennifer L., Marshall, Erin C., Bonn-Miller, Marcel O., Zvolensky, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Addicts
Anxiety
Anxiety - complications
Anxiety - psychology
Cannabis
Coping
Diagnosis
Female
Humans
Male
Marijuana Abuse - complications
Marijuana Abuse - psychology
Marijuana Smoking - psychology
Models, Psychological
Sensitivity
Young Adult
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Summary: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; Mage= 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)
ISSN:1055-0496
1521-0391
DOI:10.1111/j.1521-0391.2010.00041.x