The Mediating Role of Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana in the Relationship Between Personality and Cannabis Use Outcomes.

Anxiety sensitivity (AS), hopelessness (H), sensation seeking (SS), and impulsivity (IMP) are traits implicated in substance misuse risk. Protective behavioral strategies for marijuana (PBS-M) are behaviors that decrease adverse effects of cannabis use. We hypothesized H, SS, and IMP would be associ...

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Published in:International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 1857 - 1875
Main Authors: Soucy, Krystal I., Stewart, Sherry H., Loverock, Alexandra, Wild, T. Cameron, Yakovenko, Igor
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Published: Springer Nature Jun2025
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          https://ror.org/01e6qks80 Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, PO Box 15000, 1355 Oxford Street, B3H 4R2, Halifax, NS, Canada
          https://ror.org/01e6qks80 Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
          https://ror.org/0160cpw27 School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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      ab: Anxiety sensitivity (AS), hopelessness (H), sensation seeking (SS), and impulsivity (IMP) are traits implicated in substance misuse risk. Protective behavioral strategies for marijuana (PBS-M) are behaviors that decrease adverse effects of cannabis use. We hypothesized H, SS, and IMP would be associated with increased adverse cannabis outcomes via decreased PBS-M use, whereas AS would be indirectly associated with decreased cannabis outcomes via increased PBS-M use, and directly associated with increased cannabis-related problems. Analyses were conducted on data from N = 520 past six-month cannabis-using university students who completed measures of personality, PBS-M, cannabis use frequency, and cannabis-related problems. H and IMP were associated with more frequent and problematic cannabis use via decreased PBS-M use. AS was associated with less frequent and problematic cannabis use via increased PBS-M use. PBS-M may prove a useful intervention target to mitigate risk for frequent and problematic cannabis use in university students high on H or IMP.
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