Ramer Nolan E, Colder Craig R
Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, NY, USA.
Emerg Adulthood. 2022 Jun;10(3):581-594. doi: 10.1177/21676968211021672. Epub 2021 Jun 15.
Implicit cannabis associations (ICAs) inconsistently predict cannabis use (CU), and little is known about their formation. Personality, behavioral approach and inhibition, were tested as predictors of ICAs, which in turn, was expected to predict CU (mediation). Peer context was tested as a moderator.
Data were taken from three annual assessments of a larger longitudinal study. The community sample (314 emerging adults, mean age = 19.13, 54% female, 76% White/non-Hispanic at the first assessment) completed an ICA task and questionnaire assessments of CU, personality, and peer norms.
ICAs were positively associated with CU at high but not low levels of perceived peer approval/use. Behavioral inhibition was negatively associated ICAs, which in turn, predicted infrequent CU at high levels of peer approval/use (moderated mediation). Behavioral approach was marginally associated with ICAs.
Peer context and personality are important for understanding the formation of ICAs and their association with CU.
内隐大麻关联(ICAs)对大麻使用(CU)的预测并不一致,且对其形成过程知之甚少。本研究测试了人格、行为趋近与抑制作为ICAs的预测因素,进而预期其能够预测CU(中介作用)。同时测试了同伴环境作为调节因素的作用。
数据取自一项更大规模纵向研究的三次年度评估。社区样本(314名新兴成年人,首次评估时平均年龄=19.13岁,54%为女性,76%为白人/非西班牙裔)完成了一项ICA任务以及关于CU、人格和同伴规范的问卷调查。
在同伴认可/使用程度高而非低的情况下,ICAs与CU呈正相关。行为抑制与ICAs呈负相关,进而在同伴认可/使用程度高时预测较少的CU(调节中介作用)。行为趋近与ICAs呈微弱相关。
同伴环境和人格对于理解ICAs的形成及其与CU的关联很重要。