Marijuana use motives: A confirmatory test and evaluation among young adult marijuana users

Michael J. Zvolensky; Anka A. Vujanovic; Amit Bernstein; Marcel O. Bonn-Miller; Erin C. Marshall; Teresa M. Leyro

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.06.010

Marijuana use motives: A confirmatory test and evaluation among young adult marijuana users

Michael J. Zvolensky, Anka A. Vujanovic, Amit Bernstein, Marcel O. Bonn-Miller, Erin C. Marshall, Teresa M. Leyro

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Abstract

The present investigation evaluated the measurement model and construct validity of marijuana use motives as measured by the Marijuana Motives Measure (MMM; [Simons, J., Correia, C. J., Carey, K. B., and Borsari, B. E. (1998). Validating a five-factor marijuana motives measure: Relations with use, problems, and alcohol motives. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 45, 265-273]). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and incremental tests of validity of marijuana use motives were conducted on a sample of young adult marijuana users (n = 227, 127 women; M_age = 20.11, SD = 4.30 years). As hypothesized, CFA analysis of marijuana use motives, as indexed by the MMM, demonstrated support for a multidimensional measurement model; specifically, a five-factor solution denoting Enhancement, Conformity, Expansion, Coping, and Social motives for marijuana use, each with satisfactory levels of internal consistency. Subsequent tests of incremental validity suggested that only certain motives were uniquely related to current substance use and cognitive-affective factors. Results are discussed in relation to refining the scientific understanding of marijuana use motives.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3122-3130
Number of pages	9
Journal	Addictive Behaviors
Volume	32
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.06.010
State	Published - Dec 2007
Externally published	Yes

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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 DA021006-01) granted to Anka A. Vujanovic.

Keywords

Confirmatory factory analysis
Marijuana Motives Measure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine (miscellaneous)
Clinical Psychology
Toxicology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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