Social Anxiety and Problematic Cannabis Use

描述（由申请人提供）：社交焦虑症患者的大麻依赖率至少是任何其他焦虑症患者的两倍。鉴于与社交焦虑和大麻使用障碍有关的重大损害，因此这两种情况的共同发生可能导致重大的公共卫生后果。因此，这一领域的研究之少令人惊讶。拟议的一系列研究旨在通过以下方式增加有关这种共存的知识：1。研究社交焦虑和大麻使用障碍之间的时间关系。2.使用社交焦虑操纵范式进行实验室研究，以调查社交焦虑障碍患者和非临床对照者的渴望。3.在自然环境中检查社交焦虑症患者和非临床对照者对大麻的渴望。4.调查高风险动机，期望和使用情况在社交焦虑和有问题的大麻使用之间的关系中的作用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The rates of cannabis dependence among individuals with social anxiety are at least twice that of any other anxiety condition. Given the significant impairment associated with social anxiety and cannabis use disorders, it follows that the co-occurrence of these, two conditions can result in significant public health consequences. The paucity of research in this area is therefore surprising. The proposed series of studies aims to increase knowledge regarding this co-occurrence by: 1. Examining the temporal relationship between social anxiety and cannabis use disorders. 2. Conducting an experimental laboratory study using a social anxiety manipulation paradigm to investigate craving among individuals with social anxiety disorder and non-clinical controls. 3. Examining cannabis craving among individuals with social anxiety disorder and non-clinical controls in naturalistic settings. 4. Investigating the role of high-risk motives, expectancies, and use situations in the relationship between social anxiety and problematic cannabis use.