Carlon Hannah A, Earnest Jennifer, Hurlocker Margo C
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, 87131 Albuquerque, NM, Mexico.
Mindfulness (N Y). 2023 Apr;14(4):797-807. doi: 10.1007/s12671-023-02110-x. Epub 2023 Mar 27.
Previous research cites mindfulness as a protective factor against risky substance use, but the specific association between dispositional mindfulness (DM) and cannabis use has been inconsistent. Despite known heterogeneity of DM facets across college students, much of the prior research in this area has relied on variable-centered approaches. Only a handful of prior studies within the cannabis literature have utilized person-centered approaches, and only one has specifically examined unique profiles of dispositional mindfulness in relation to patterns of use among college students.
The present study used latent profile analysis (LPA) to identify subtypes of DM and their relationships with cannabis use behaviors (i.e., hazardous use and consequences of use) in a sample of 683 U.S. college students who endorsed past-month cannabis use and participated in an online survey of substance use behaviors, hypothesizing that a three-profile model would be replicated. We also examined whether age and prior experience with mindfulness predicted DM profile membership (hypothesizing that these variables would differentially predict membership) and explored mean differences in alcohol use across profiles.
LPA results revealed three discrete profiles of DM: , , and . Participants in the profile were less likely to have prior mindfulness experience than the other profiles, but age did not predict profile membership. had more hazardous cannabis use and consequences than the other profiles, and no mean differences emerged on alcohol use.
These results build upon the only known study that investigated how DM relates to cannabis use. Further research is needed to elucidate this relationship, which can inform the application of mindfulness interventions for hazardous cannabis use in college students.
PRE-REGISTRATION: This study was not pre-registered.
先前的研究将正念视为预防危险物质使用的保护因素，但特质正念（DM）与大麻使用之间的具体关联并不一致。尽管已知大学生群体中DM各维度存在异质性，但该领域之前的许多研究都依赖于以变量为中心的方法。在大麻相关文献中，只有少数先前的研究采用了以人为中心的方法，并且只有一项研究专门考察了特质正念与大学生使用模式相关的独特特征。
本研究使用潜在剖面分析（LPA）来识别DM的亚型及其与大麻使用行为（即危险使用和使用后果）之间的关系，研究样本为683名认可过去一个月内使用过大麻并参与了一项物质使用行为在线调查的美国大学生，假设将复制一个三剖面模型。我们还研究了年龄和先前的正念体验是否能预测DM剖面成员身份（假设这些变量将产生不同的预测结果），并探讨了不同剖面在酒精使用方面的平均差异。
LPA结果揭示了DM的三种不同剖面： 、 和 。与其他剖面相比，剖面 的参与者先前有正念体验的可能性较小，但年龄并不能预测剖面成员身份。 比其他剖面有更多危险的大麻使用情况和后果，在酒精使用方面没有出现平均差异。
这些结果建立在唯一一项已知的研究基础之上，该研究调查了DM与大麻使用之间的关系。需要进一步的研究来阐明这种关系，这可以为针对大学生危险大麻使用的正念干预措施的应用提供参考。
本研究未进行预注册。
