Examining daily associations between mental health symptoms and simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use and consequences among young adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The present study examined daily associations between mental health symptoms (i.e., depression and anxiety symptoms) and simultaneous alcohol and marijuana (SAM) use and use-related negative consequences among young adults.

Method

Participants were a community sample of 409 young adults between the ages of 18-25 who drank alcohol at least three times in the past month and reported SAM use in the past month (M_age = 21.6, 50.9% female). A baseline assessment included a measure of SAM use motives, after which participants completed five 14-day bursts reporting daily mental health symptoms and alcohol/marijuana use.

Results

Daily mental health symptoms were not associated with SAM use likelihood. However, baseline SAM coping motives moderated t

SUBMITTER: Patrick ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9065172 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature