title: Emotional dysregulation: association with coping-oriented marijuana use motives among current marijuana users.
abstract: The present investigation, conducted between 2005 and 2006, examined the relation between emotion dysregulation and motives for marijuana use among 136 (71 women; M(age) = 20.61 years) young adult marijuana smokers. As expected, after covarying for theoretically relevant variables, the DERS-total score was significantly related to marijuana use coping motives, but no other motives for marijuana use. Further analysis indicated that the Non-acceptance of Emotional Responses subscale of the DERS accounted for the DERS-total score effect. Results are discussed in relation to better understanding the role of coping-motivated marijuana use within the context of an emotional dysregulation explanatory framework. Limitations of the study are noted.
authors.affiliation: The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405-0134, USA.
authors.forename: Marcel O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Bonn-Miller
authors.forename: Anka A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Vujanovic
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zvolensky