Buckner Julia D, Threeton Evan M, Morris Paige E, Stoneking Faith R
Louisiana State University, Department of Psychology, 236 Audubon Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Louisiana State University, Department of Psychology, 236 Audubon Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Addict Behav. 2023 Jun;141:107635. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107635. Epub 2023 Feb 1.
Sexual minority individuals report greater cannabis use and cannabis use related problems relative to straight individuals. Although sociocultural models suggest that sexual minority individuals may be especially vulnerable to using cannabis for high-risk motives such as coping motives, little attention has been paid to the role of cannabis use motives among sexual minority relative to straight individuals. Thus, the current study examined the role of cannabis use motives and cannabis-related problems among Black sexual minority and straight individuals that reported current (past 3-month) cannabis use (N = 137, 28.5 % of whom identify as sexual minority). Sexual minority participants endorsed more frequent cannabis use, and social, coping, enhancement, and expansion motives than straight participants. Conformity motives were not significantly related to sexual minority status. Multiple mediation model with all relevant motives included as putative mediators indicated that sexual minority status was related to cannabis problems indirectly via the effects of coping and expansion motives. Alternative models strengthen confidence in the directionality of these effects, although future prospective research will be an important next step. Findings may help inform treatment efforts among sexual minority individuals to reduce risk of negative cannabis outcomes.
与异性恋者相比，性少数群体报告称大麻使用量更大且与大麻使用相关的问题更多。尽管社会文化模型表明，性少数群体可能特别容易出于诸如应对动机等高风险动机而使用大麻，但相对于异性恋者，性少数群体中使用大麻的动机所起的作用却很少受到关注。因此，当前的研究考察了大麻使用动机以及大麻相关问题在报告当前（过去3个月）使用大麻的黑人性少数群体和异性恋者（N = 137，其中28.5% 为性少数群体）中的作用。与异性恋参与者相比，性少数群体参与者认可更频繁的大麻使用以及社交、应对、增强和拓展动机。从众动机与性少数群体身份没有显著关联。包含所有相关动机作为假定中介变量的多重中介模型表明，性少数群体身份通过应对动机和拓展动机的影响与大麻问题间接相关。替代模型增强了对这些影响方向性的信心，不过未来的前瞻性研究将是重要的下一步。研究结果可能有助于为性少数群体的治疗工作提供信息，以降低大麻负面后果的风险。
