Perceived safety and controllability of events: Markers of risk for marijuana use in young adults?
| Autor: | Shane W. Kraus, Kristin Dukes, Dawn W. Foster, Robert F. Leeman, Anthony H. Ecker, Carolyn E. Sartor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty 030508 substance abuse Medicine (miscellaneous) Pilot Projects 050109 social psychology Anxiety Toxicology Impulsivity Logistic regression Article Substance abuse prevention Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences New England Risk Factors medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Young adult Students Psychiatry 05 social sciences Odds ratio Anticipation Psychological medicine.disease Confidence interval Substance abuse Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Impulsive Behavior Female Marijuana Use Perception Safety medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science Psychology Attitude to Health |
| Zdroj: | Addictive Behaviors. 66:114-117 |
| ISSN: | 0306-4603 |
| Popis: | Drawing on constructs from the trauma literature, the current study evaluated perceptions of safety and controllability of events as potential markers of risk for marijuana use. In addition, we characterized these perceptions in relation to individual level substance abuse risk factors (marijuana expectancies, impulsivity, depression, and anxiety), gender, and race. Data were collected via web survey from college students at two northeastern universities (n=228, 82.0% female). Controllability of events (CE) was rated significantly higher by Blacks than Whites. Safety/vulnerability (SV) and CE were associated with impulsivity, depression, and anxiety. CE was also associated with marijuana expectancies. Logistic regression analyses revealed a modest but significant association between SV and lifetime use even after adjusting for race, gender, age, and individual level substance abuse risk factors (odds ratio=1.10, 95% confidence intervals:1.02–1.18). No association between SV and past 3 month frequency of use or between CE and either marijuana outcome was found. Findings support a link between perceptions of safety and ever using marijuana. They further demonstrate overlap of both perceived safety and controllability of events with substance use related risk factors, and suggest that they differ by race. Additional studies that assess substance use more broadly and query trauma history, using larger, more diverse samples, are needed to more fully grasp the relevance of these constructs to substance use, including their potential as targets for substance abuse prevention efforts. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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