Abstract
The present investigation examined the relation between anxiety sensitivity (AS) and marijuana withdrawal severity among 84 (47 female) young adult marijuana smokers. As expected, after covarying for the theoretically-relevant variables of frequency of past 30-day marijuana use, number of cigarettes smoked per day, volume of alcohol consumed, and anxious arousal as well as anhedonic depressive symptoms, both the global AS factor and the AS-mental incapacitation concerns factor were significantly related to the severity of retrospectively reported marijuana withdrawal symptoms. Results are discussed in relation to better understanding cognitive-emotional variables related to the marijuana withdrawal.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1843-1851 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Addictive Behaviors |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2007 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This paper was supported by National Institute on Drug Abuse research grants (1 R01 DA018734-01A1, R03 DA16307-01, and 1 R21 DA016227-01) awarded to Dr. Zvolensky. This work also was supported by a National Research Service Award (F31 MH073205-01) granted to Amit Bernstein.
Keywords
- Anxiety
- Anxiety sensitivity
- Marijuana
- Withdrawal
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Clinical Psychology
- Toxicology
- Psychiatry and Mental health