Buckner Julia D, Zvolensky Michael J, Garey Lorra, Businelle Michael S
Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Subst Use Misuse. 2025 May 19:1-6. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2025.2506133.
Black/African American individuals who use cannabis report greater increases in frequent cannabis use and more cannabis-related problems, indicating a need to identify malleable psychological factors that may play a role in cannabis-related problems to inform prevention and treatment. One such factor is false safety behaviors (FSBs), or behaviors geared toward decreasing anxiety short-term but that maintain anxiety in the long-term. Although emerging data indicate that FSBs are related to cannabis use in predominantly White samples, studies have not yet tested whether FSBs are related to cannabis use among Black/African American individuals who use cannabis. Participants were 79 (64.6% cis-female) Black/African American undergraduates who endorsed current cannabis use and who completed an online survey. All but three participants (96.2%) reported using non-cannabis FSB to manage anxiety. FSBs were positively related to cannabis use frequency, cannabis problems, and coping-motivated cannabis use, as well as anxiety and depression. The relations of anxiety with cannabis use frequency and use-related problems occurred the serial effects of frequency of FSB use and coping-motivated cannabis use. Nearly all participants reported using FSB to manage anxiety. More frequent FSB use may play an important role in the relation of anxiety with cannabis misuse. Given that little attention has been paid to psychological factors related to cannabis use and related problems among Black/African American undergraduates, results can inform theoretical models and intervention efforts geared toward reducing risky cannabis use in this health disparities group.
使用大麻的黑人/非裔美国人报告称，其频繁使用大麻的情况增加得更多，且出现了更多与大麻相关的问题，这表明有必要确定可能在与大麻相关的问题中起作用的可改变心理因素，以便为预防和治疗提供依据。其中一个因素是虚假安全行为（FSBs），即旨在短期减轻焦虑但长期维持焦虑的行为。尽管新出现的数据表明，FSBs与以白人为主的样本中的大麻使用有关，但尚未有研究测试FSBs是否与使用大麻的黑人/非裔美国人中的大麻使用有关。参与者为79名（64.6%为顺性别女性）认可当前使用大麻的黑人/非裔美国本科生，他们完成了一项在线调查。除三名参与者外（96.2%），所有人都报告使用非大麻FSB来管理焦虑。FSBs与大麻使用频率、大麻问题、应对动机的大麻使用以及焦虑和抑郁呈正相关。焦虑与大麻使用频率和使用相关问题之间的关系是通过FSB使用频率和应对动机的大麻使用的系列效应产生的。几乎所有参与者都报告使用FSB来管理焦虑。更频繁地使用FSB可能在焦虑与大麻滥用的关系中起重要作用。鉴于黑人/非裔美国本科生中与大麻使用及相关问题相关的心理因素很少受到关注，研究结果可为旨在减少这一健康差异群体中危险大麻使用的理论模型和干预措施提供参考。
