Why get high? Coping and enjoyment motives mediate elevated cannabis demand and cannabis-related outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cannabis is the most used psychoactive substance among adolescents and is a public health concern. Cannabis demand is a quantifiable measure of the reinforcing value of cannabis and comprises two latent-factors-amplitude (maximum consumption) and persistence (sensitivity to increasing costs). Cannabis demand and cannabis motives are important predictors of adolescent cannabis use and associated problems; however, little is known about how these two facets of motivation are causally related. Cannabis motives are thought to represent the final common pathway to cannabis use and may explain why elevated demand is associated with use and consequences. The present study tested whether internal cannabis motives (coping and enjoyment) mediated longitudinal associations between c

SUBMITTER: Schultz NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10524677 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature