Department of Biomedical Sciences.
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo.
Psychol Addict Behav. 2016 Sep;30(6):686-93. doi: 10.1037/adb0000198. Epub 2016 Jul 25.
Self-reported marijuana use has been associated with poor relationship functioning and decreased stability over time. The present study examined the behavioral interactions of couples with concordant and discordant patterns of marijuana use during conflict, using individual self-reports and observation by independent coders. Heavy drinking community couples (N = 149) participated in a conflict resolution paradigm. Interactions were recorded and coded by naïve coders. Approximately 30% of the sample reported past year marijuana use. Actor-Partner Interdependence Models and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) were used to evaluate the individual and interactive effects of dyadic marijuana use on maladaptive relationship functioning. A Robust Actor × Partner Marijuana Use interaction was detected for a range of behavioral outcomes, assessed by both self-report and direct observation, including relationship satisfaction, anger experience, patterns of demand and withdrawal during conflict, constructive behaviors, and overall relationship quality. Specifically, couples in which both partners used or abstained from marijuana displayed more adaptive relationship functioning across indicators relative to couples in which only 1 partner identified as a marijuana user. This pattern was particularly strong for couples in which the female partner used marijuana and the male partner did not. Couples with discordant, rather than concordant, marijuana use displayed distinct conflict resolution behaviors that were consistent with the long-term negative relationship outcomes that have been observed in previous studies. (PsycINFO Database Record
自我报告的大麻使用与不良的关系功能和随时间的稳定性降低有关。本研究通过个体自我报告和独立编码员的观察,检查了在冲突期间具有一致和不一致大麻使用模式的夫妇的行为相互作用。重度饮酒社区夫妇(N=149)参与了冲突解决范式。互动被记录并由天真的编码员进行编码。大约 30%的样本报告了过去一年的大麻使用情况。演员-伙伴相互依赖模型和协方差分析(ANCOVA)用于评估双大麻使用对适应不良关系功能的个体和交互影响。在通过自我报告和直接观察评估的一系列行为结果中,都检测到了稳健的演员-伙伴大麻使用的相互作用,包括关系满意度、愤怒体验、冲突期间的需求和退出模式、建设性行为和整体关系质量。具体来说,与只有 1 个伴侣被认定为大麻使用者的夫妇相比,双方都使用或戒大麻的夫妇在各指标上表现出更适应的关系功能。对于女性伴侣使用大麻而男性伴侣不使用大麻的夫妇来说,这种模式尤为强烈。具有不一致而不是一致大麻使用的夫妇表现出独特的冲突解决行为,这与之前研究中观察到的长期负面关系结果一致。