Brosnan Thomas, Kolubinski Daniel C, Spada Marcantonio M
Division of Psychology, School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank University, London, UK.
Addict Behav Rep. 2020 Feb 4;11:100259. doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100259. eCollection 2020 Jun.
Metacognitions, the beliefs held about internal mental processes and the strategies aimed at controlling such processes, are known to play a significant role in the development and maintenance of addictive behaviours. Specifically, lack of cognitive confidence and beliefs about the need to control thoughts have been implicated across addictive behaviours. No research to date, though, has explored the role of metacognitions in cannabis use. Research has also shown that an authoritarian parenting style (where a parent uncompromisingly enforces their own ideas regardless of the will of the child) may be correlated with addictive behaviours. However very limited research has investigated the role of parenting styles in cannabis use. In the current study we aimed to investigate the relative contribution of parenting styles and metacognitions to cannabis use. A sample of 85 participants completed a series of online questionnaires, measuring negative affect, parenting styles, metacognitions and cannabis use. Spearman correlations indicated that cannabis use was positively correlated with each of the metacognitions and both permissive and authoritarian parenting styles. Regression analyses demonstrated that a combination of the physically coercive aspects of the authoritarian parental style and lack of cognitive confidence predicted cannabis use when controlling for negative affect. The implications of the current findings are discussed.
元认知，即关于内部心理过程的信念以及旨在控制此类过程的策略，已知在成瘾行为的发展和维持中起着重要作用。具体而言，缺乏认知信心以及关于控制思维必要性的信念与各种成瘾行为都有关联。然而，迄今为止尚无研究探讨元认知在大麻使用中的作用。研究还表明，专制的育儿方式（即父母不顾孩子的意愿毫不妥协地强行推行自己的想法）可能与成瘾行为相关。不过，对育儿方式在大麻使用中作用的研究非常有限。在本研究中，我们旨在调查育儿方式和元认知对大麻使用的相对贡献。85名参与者的样本完成了一系列在线问卷，测量消极情绪、育儿方式、元认知和大麻使用情况。斯皮尔曼相关性分析表明，大麻使用与每种元认知以及宽容和专制的育儿方式均呈正相关。回归分析表明，在控制消极情绪的情况下，专制父母方式的身体强制方面与缺乏认知信心的组合可预测大麻使用情况。本文讨论了当前研究结果的意义。
