ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2017
Daily associations between cannabis motives and consumption in emerging adults.
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57 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of delay discounting and cannabis use.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2021Pooled it
- A remote brief intervention plus social media messaging for cannabis use among emerging adults: A pilot randomized controlled trial in emergency department patients.Addictive behaviors · 2023Trial
- Results of a pilot study examining the effect of positive psychology interventions on cannabis use and related consequences.Contemporary clinical trials · 2023Trial
- Piloting a brief intervention plus mobile boosters for drug use among emerging adults receiving emergency department care.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Trial
- Do motives for and contexts of cannabis use interact to predict heavy cannabis use at the event-level?The American journal on addictions · 2026Article
- Comparing Cannabis Use Motivations and Dependence Across Regular Cannabis Users Who Have or Have Not Recently Used Psilocybin.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2026Observational
- Coping Motives for Alcohol and Cannabis Use Better Reflect Negative Emotionality Than Emotion Regulation Deficits in Young Adults.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2026Article
- Testing the robustness of daily associations of affect with alcohol and cannabis use.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2026Article
- Cannabis Use Motives Across the Reproductive Continuum: An Integrative Literature Review.Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.) · 2026Review
- A two-factor structure for cannabis use disorder identification test and its associations with demographic factors and cannabis use motives.Advances in drug and alcohol research · 2026Article
- Cannabis and Derived Cannabis Use, Motives, and Consequences Among US Young Adults: Findings From a Cross-Sectional Mediation Study.Substance use & addiction journal · 2026Article
- Daily web survey data collection of time-varying cannabis use motives and contexts, with implications for adaptive interventions: A pilot study.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026Article
- Multiple motives for cannabis use: identifying common motive combinations and exploring differences across combinations.Journal of cannabis research · 2025Article
- The Protective Role of Savoring on Coping Motives for Cannabis Use and Consequences.Journal of psychoactive drugs · 2025Article
- Monthly patterns of depressive symptoms and substance use and their relation to longer-term hazardous substance use and mental health problems: Examining mutual maintenance using monthly data from young adults.Addictive behaviors · 2025Article
- Cannabis use across the menstrual cycle: The impact of negative affect and cannabis use motives.Addictive behaviors · 2025Article
- Patient-provider interactions about cannabis for therapeutic purposes vary as a function of provider type: A pilot study.The American journal on addictions · 2025Article
- Event-level contextual and motivational risk factors for cannabis use: Evidence for differing associations based on individual-level patterns of cannabis use among sexual minority women and gender diverse individuals.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2025Article
- Associations Between Cannabis Messaging and Derived Psychoactive Cannabis Product Perceptions, Use, and Use Intentions Among a Sample of US Young Adults.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- ADHD and Cannabis Use in College Students: Examining Indirect Effects of Coping Motives.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
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backgroundIncreasing rates of cannabis use among emerging adults is a growing public health problem. Intensive longitudinal data can provide information on proximal motives for cannabis use, which can inform interventions to reduce use among emerging adults.
methodAs part of a larger longitudinal study, patients aged 18-25 years (N=95) recruited from an urban Emergency Department completed daily text message assessments of risk behaviors for 28days, including daily cannabis quantity and motives. Using a mixed effects linear regression model, we examined the relationships between daily quantity of cannabis consumed and motives (i.e., enhancement, social, conformity, coping, and expansion).
resultsParticipants were, on average, 22.0 years old (SD=2.2); 48.4% were male, 45.3% were African American, and 56.8% received public assistance. Results from the multi-level analysis (clustering day within individual), controlling for gender, race, and receipt of public assistance, indicated daily use of cannabis use for enhancement (β=0.27), coping (β=0.15), and/or social motives (β=0.34) was significantly associated with higher quantities of daily cannabis use; whereas expansion and conformity motives were not.
conclusionsDaily data show that emerging adults who use cannabis for enhancement, social, and coping motives reported using greater quantities of cannabis. Future research should examine more comprehensive cannabis motives (e.g., boredom, social anxiety, sleep) and test tailored interventions focusing on alternative cognitive/behavioral strategies to address cannabis motives.
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