| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Motives for cannabis use as a moderator variable of distress among young adults |
| Authors: | Brodbeck, Jeannette Matter, Monika Page, Julie Moggi, Franz |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.11.012 |
| Published in: | Addictive Behaviors |
| Volume(Issue): | 32 |
| Issue: | 8 |
| Page(s): | 1537 |
| Pages to: | 1545 |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2007 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0306-4603 1873-6327 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Cannabis; Motive; Adolescent; Distress |
| Subject (DDC): | 305: Groups (age, origine, gender, income) 610: Medicine and health |
| Abstract: | This study examined the moderating effect of social and coping motives on distress among young cannabis-using adults. A random sample of 2031 young Swiss adults was interviewed by means of a computer-assisted telephone interview. Cannabis users showed more distress, less positive health behaviour and higher hedonism compared to non-users. Taking motive for use as a moderator variable into consideration, it became evident that only cannabis users with coping motives showed lower mental health,more symptoms of psychopathology, more psychosocial distress and more life events than non-users. Young adults with social motives for use on the other hand did not differ from non-users in terms of distress. These differences between cannabis users with social and those with coping motives remained stable over two years. In both subgroups, participants with regular cannabis use at baseline did not increase distress nor did participants with higher distress at baseline increase the frequency of their cannabis use. Our results suggest that secondary prevention for cannabis users should target especially young adults with coping motives for use. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/4553 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | School of Health Sciences |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Occupational Therapy (IER) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Gesundheit |
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Brodbeck, J., Matter, M., Page, J., & Moggi, F. (2007). Motives for cannabis use as a moderator variable of distress among young adults. Addictive Behaviors, 32(8), 1537–1545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.11.012
Brodbeck, J. et al. (2007) ‘Motives for cannabis use as a moderator variable of distress among young adults’, Addictive Behaviors, 32(8), pp. 1537–1545. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.11.012.
J. Brodbeck, M. Matter, J. Page, and F. Moggi, “Motives for cannabis use as a moderator variable of distress among young adults,” Addictive Behaviors, vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 1537–1545, Aug. 2007, doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.11.012.
BRODBECK, Jeannette, Monika MATTER, Julie PAGE und Franz MOGGI, 2007. Motives for cannabis use as a moderator variable of distress among young adults. Addictive Behaviors. August 2007. Bd. 32, Nr. 8, S. 1537–1545. DOI 10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.11.012
Brodbeck, Jeannette, Monika Matter, Julie Page, and Franz Moggi. 2007. “Motives for Cannabis Use as a Moderator Variable of Distress among Young Adults.” Addictive Behaviors 32 (8): 1537–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.11.012.
Brodbeck, Jeannette, et al. “Motives for Cannabis Use as a Moderator Variable of Distress among Young Adults.” Addictive Behaviors, vol. 32, no. 8, Aug. 2007, pp. 1537–45, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.11.012.
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