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Expectancies and marijuana use frequency and severity among young females (2010)
Auteur(s) :
J. HAYAKI ;
C. E. HAGERTY ;
B. H. HERMAN ;
M. A. DE DIOS ;
B. J. ANDERSON ;
M. D. STEIN
Article en page(s) :
995-1000
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Discipline :
PSY (Psychopathologie / Psychopathology)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
JEUNE ADULTE
;
SEXE FEMININ
;
ATTENTE
;
CANNABIS
;
PREVALENCE
Résumé :
This study examined associations between the endorsement of drug use expectancies and the frequency and severity of marijuana use in a community sample of 332 women aged 18-24years who were not explicitly seeking treatment for their marijuana use. Participants were enrolled in a larger intervention study of motivational interviewing for various health behaviors and provided self-reports of their current and past marijuana use, marijuana abuse/dependence symptoms, and marijuana use expectancies. Marijuana use expectancies were measured using the six subscales of the Marijuana Effects Expectancy Questionnaire (MEEQ). Use frequency was defined as the number of use days in the past month, severity as the total number of DSM-IV marijuana abuse or dependence symptom criteria met. Replicating and extending prior research, expectations regarding Relaxation and Tension Reduction emerged as a robust belief in this cohort, predicting not only frequency (p<.01 but also severity of marijuana use in multivariate analyses. was further predicted by expectations regarding loss control affective changes following and other aspects emotion dysregulation negative effects p these findings document meaningful associations between substance-related cognitions behavior suggest that users who hold certain beliefs may be particularly susceptible to clinically significant problems associated with their substance use. as such expectancies represent a clinical target could incorporated into future interventions. abstract>
Affiliation :
Department of Psychology, College of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610, USA ; Butler Hospital, 345 Blackstone Boulevard, Providence, RI 02906, USA