通过与应对相关的预期和动机来审视大学生社交焦虑与大麻问题之间的关系。
Examining the Relation Between Social Anxiety and Cannabis Problems Among College Students Through Coping-Related Expectancies and Motives.
作者信息
Berry Katherine A, Livingston Nicholas R, Briles EmmaJo, Looby Alison
机构信息
Department of Psychology, University of Wyoming.
出版信息
Cannabis. 2024 Feb 23;6(4):67-81. doi: 10.26828/cannabis/2023/000189. eCollection 2024.
OBJECTIVE
College students high in social anxiety are at increased risk for cannabis-related problems. This may be particularly true when they hold strong coping-related expectancies and motives for cannabis. However, few studies have examined these constructs together in accordance with the motivational model, which posits that substance use is proximally influenced by motives and more distally influenced by expectancies. Thus, the current study examined whether the relation between social anxiety and cannabis-related problems was indirectly explained through coping-related expectancies, motives, and cannabis use.
METHOD
Past-month cannabis users ( = 660; 71.6% female, 47.3% white non-Hispanic) from seven U.S. universities completed an online survey assessing social anxiety, and cannabis use frequency, problems, expectancies, and motives. A saturated path model examined social anxiety as a predictor of cannabis problems via coping-related expectancies and motives, and cannabis frequency.
RESULTS
There was a positive indirect effect of social anxiety on cannabis problems through cognitive and behavioral impairment expectancies, depression coping motives, and cannabis use. Social anxiety also indirectly positively related to cannabis problems via social and sexual facilitation expectancies, social anxiety coping motives, and cannabis use. Further, social anxiety indirectly positively related to cannabis problems through relaxation and tension reduction expectancies, both depression and social anxiety coping motives, and cannabis use. These indirect effects were invariant by sex assigned at birth.
CONCLUSIONS
Results support using a theory-informed model of coping-related cannabis cognitions to understand the relation between social anxiety and cannabis problems. Interventions that modify coping-related cognitions may reduce cannabis-related problems in college students high in social anxiety.
目的
社交焦虑程度高的大学生出现大麻相关问题的风险增加。当他们对大麻持有强烈的与应对相关的预期和动机时，情况可能尤其如此。然而，很少有研究根据动机模型将这些构念放在一起进行考察，该模型假定物质使用在近端受动机影响，在远端受预期影响。因此，本研究考察了社交焦虑与大麻相关问题之间的关系是否通过与应对相关的预期、动机和大麻使用得到间接解释。
方法
来自美国七所大学的过去一个月内使用过大麻的学生（n = 660；71.6%为女性，47.3%为非西班牙裔白人）完成了一项在线调查，评估社交焦虑、大麻使用频率、问题、预期和动机。一个饱和路径模型考察了社交焦虑作为大麻问题的预测因素，通过与应对相关的预期和动机以及大麻使用频率来实现。
结果
社交焦虑通过认知和行为损害预期、抑郁应对动机以及大麻使用，对大麻问题产生正向间接效应。社交焦虑还通过社交和性促进预期、社交焦虑应对动机以及大麻使用，与大麻问题呈间接正相关。此外，社交焦虑通过放松和减轻紧张预期、抑郁和社交焦虑应对动机以及大麻使用，与大麻问题呈间接正相关。这些间接效应在出生时指定的性别上是不变的。
结论
结果支持使用一个基于理论的与应对相关的大麻认知模型来理解社交焦虑与大麻问题之间的关系。改变与应对相关认知的干预措施可能会减少社交焦虑程度高的大学生的大麻相关问题。
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