A New Scale for Assessing Benzodiazepine Use Motives Among Community and Clinical Samples: The Development and Validation of the MBUQ- 48.

The risk for non-medical use and dependence on benzodiazepines (BZDs) is high. However, there is no available validated psychometric instrument that assesses the motives for BZD use. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to develop a scale identifying the motives for BZD use, examine the facto...

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Published in:	International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 2078 - 2112
Main Authors:	Péter, Lea, Lázár, Bence András, Bajsz, András, Bőthe, Beáta, Paksi, Borbála, Czakó, Andrea, Griffiths, Mark D., Horváth, Zsolt, Demetrovics, Zsolt, Andó, Bálint
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Jun2026
Subjects:	Substance abuse Sleep Benzodiazepines Scale analysis (Psychology) Factor analysis Emotion regulation
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