ArticleJournal of studies on alcohol and drugs2016
Anxiety Sensitivity and Distress Intolerance as Predictors of Cannabis Dependence Symptoms, Problems, and Craving: The Mediating Role of Coping Motives.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Cannabis Use and Prospective Long-Term Association with Anxiety: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies: Usage du cannabis et association prospective à long terme avec l'anxiété: une revue systématique et une méta-analyse d'études longitudinales.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2021Pooled it
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- Impact of a computerized distress intolerance intervention on electrocortical reactivity to cannabis and threat cues: A randomized controlled trial.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022Trial
- Results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover, multimodal-MRI pilot study of gabapentin for co-occurring bipolar and cannabis use disorders.Addiction biology · 2022Trial
- Impact of a computerized intervention for high distress intolerance on cannabis use outcomes: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Trial
- Anxiety Sensitivity and Distress Tolerance in Smokers: Relations With Tobacco Dependence, Withdrawal, and Quitting Success†.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Trial
- Distress tolerance and cannabis craving: The impact of laboratory-induced distress.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2019Trial
- A pilot randomized controlled trial of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for reducing craving and achieving cessation in patients with marijuana use disorder: feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness.Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapyTrial
- Cannabis Use Among Veterans Versus Non-Veterans in the USA, 2016-2023: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Longitudinal association of distress tolerance with borderline and antisocial personality traits in a substance use treatment sample attempting sobriety.Personality disorders · 2026Article
- Anxiety sensitivity and cannabis-related problems among Hispanic/Latine adults: The roles of sex and cannabis use motives.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Association between distress tolerance and cannabis use disorder symptoms is stronger among U.S. young adults who identify as Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black.Addictive behaviors reports · 2025Article
- Distress tolerance is linked with substance use motivations and problems in young adults across four continents.Journal of personality · 2025Article
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- Lower distress intolerance is associated with higher glutathione levels in adolescent cannabis users.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2024Article
- Social Anxiety and Cannabis-Related Problems: The Serial Roles of Distress Tolerance and Cannabis Use Motives.Substance use & misuse · 2024Article
- Craving among patients seeking treatment for substance use disorder.Discover mental health · 2023Article
- Sex differences in the relationship between cannabis use motives and cannabis craving in daily life in emerging adults.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2023Article
- Prospective Associations Between Anxiety Sensitivity, Distress Intolerance, Depressive Symptoms, and Indices of Alcohol and Cannabis Use Among Veterans.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2023Article
- Exploring associations between affect and marijuana use in everyday life via specification curve analysis.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2023Article
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objectiveThe tendency to react with fear to anxiety-related sensations (anxiety sensitivity) and the inability to tolerate distressing psychological or physiological states (distress intolerance) are implicated in the comorbidity between affective psychopathology and cannabis use disorders. Emotionally vulnerable cannabis users may be particularly apt to use cannabis to cope with distress, which may both lead to and maintain its problematic use (e.g., dependence, craving). The current study tested a comprehensive model of anxiety sensitivity and distress intolerance as predictors of the number of cannabis dependence symptoms and problems, and severity of cannabis craving following deprivation from cannabis, and the mediating role of cannabis coping motives.
methodParticipants (n = 103; mean age = 21.2 years, SD = 4.3; 35.9% female) were non-treatment-seeking frequent cannabis users. Data were cross-sectional in nature. Anxiety sensitivity was assessed via self-report, and distress intolerance was assessed via both self-report and breath-holding duration.
resultsGreater perceived distress intolerance, but not breath-holding duration or anxiety sensitivity, was associated with a greater number of cannabis dependence symptoms and problems and elevated cannabis craving. These relations were mediated by cannabis coping motives.
conclusionsFindings provide specificity for the etiologic mechanisms related to emotional vulnerability and maintenance of cannabis problems. Perceived distress intolerance appears to be uniquely related to maladaptive coping motives for cannabis use, which could be meaningfully targeted in interventions for emotionally vulnerable cannabis users.
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