Cannabis use frequency and use-related impairment among African-American and White users: the impact of cannabis use motives.
Cannabis use frequency and use-related impairment among African-American and White users: the impact of cannabis use motives.
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DOI：
10.1080/13557858.2015.1065311
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发表时间：
2016
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Zvolensky MJ
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作者：
Buckner JD;Shah SM;Dean KE;Zvolensky MJ
Cannabis use motives are differentially related to cannabis-related impairment and coping motives appear to have the strongest relation to use-related impairment. However, it is currently unknown whether African American individuals differ from White persons in reasons for using cannabis. It is also unknown whether motives’ relations to cannabis use and related impairment vary as a function of race. The present study examined the role of race on cannabis use motives and tested whether motives’ relations with cannabis use and related impairment differed by race. The sample consisted of 111 (67.6% non-Hispanic White, 32.4% African American) current cannabis-using adults. African American participants did not significantly differ from White participants on cannabis use frequency or use-related impairment. African American participants endorsed more social motives than White participants. Race interacted with social, coping, and conformity motives to predict cannabis-related impairment such that these motives were positively related to cannabis impairment among African American, but not White, participants. Although African American and White participants do not differ in their cannabis use frequency or cannabis-related impairment, they appear to use cannabis for different reasons. Further, conformity, coping, and social motives were differentially associated with cannabis-related impairment as a function of race. Findings suggest motives for cannabis use should be contexualized in the context of race.
