Psychological distress and marijuana use before and after treatment: testing cognitive-behavioral matching hypotheses.
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between psychological distress, self-efficacy, and marijuana use using data from a randomized controlled trial of treatments for marijuana dependence [J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 68 (2000) 898-908]. Adult marijuana users seeking treatment (N=291) were randomly assigned to three treatment conditions: (1) cognitive-behavioral relapse prevention support group (RPSG), (2) individualized assessment and advice group (IAI), and (3) delayed treatment control group (DTC). As predicted, psychologically distressed individuals had lower self-efficacy for avoiding marijuana use in psychologically distressing (PD) situations as opposed to nonpsychologically distressing (NPD) situations. However, all participants tended to have lower self-efficacy for NPD situations than PD situations. Efficacy increased and marijuana use decreased following treatment but the RPSG treatment did not have greater benefit for psychologically distressed participants.
DeMarce
Josephine M
JM
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA. jdemarce@vt.edu
Stephens
Robert S
RS
Roffman
Roger A
RA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003376:Counseling; D006801:Humans; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D012008:Recurrence; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors