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其他焦虑症患者的两倍。鉴于与社交焦虑和大麻使用障碍相关的严重损害，因此，这两种情况同时发生可能导致严重的公共卫生后果。因此，这一领域研究的匮乏令人惊讶。提出的一系列研究旨在通过以下方式增加对这种共现现象的认识：研究社交焦虑和大麻使用障碍之间的时间关系。2. 运用社交焦虑操纵范式对社交焦虑障碍个体和非临床对照者的渴望进行实验研究。3. 在自然环境下，对社交焦虑障碍患者和非临床对照者的大麻渴望进行研究。4. 调查高风险动机、期望和使用情况在社交焦虑和问题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.