Substance Use & Misuse, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 59(2), P. 193 - 207

Published: Oct. 11, 2023

AbstractBackground While growing evidence has identified mental and physical health-related cannabis use motives as significant mechanisms between childhood trauma problematic (PCU) for emerging adults (EA), there is a need to understand the longitudinal stability of these pathways how they impact PCU users age into later adulthood.Methods The current study extends an analysis examining (e.g., emotional abuse, sexual abuse) on multiple indicators through range motives. 339 medical patient non-patient EA from Los Angeles area were sampled at baseline (mean = 21.23; SD 2.48). present used four waves follow-up data collected 2016 2018 (W3, W4) 2019-2020 (W5, W6).Results Use cope with nausea, sleep, pain, distress mediated relationships some types abuse W4, though most associations attenuated by adulthood (W6). Specifically, greater nausea associated in models neglect continuing mediate W6. Conversely, sleep pain lower neglect.Conclusions Mental reflect potential intervenable factors that predict among histories trauma. Results highlight importance value assessing wide outcomes target address areas intervention.Keywords: Cannabis useemerging adultsproblematic usecannabis motiveschildhood Declaration interestThe authors declare no conflict interest this study.Correction StatementThis article been republished minor changes. These changes do not academic content article.Additional informationFundingThis was funded grant National Institute Drug Abuse (2R01DA034067).

Language: Английский