title: Distress tolerance predicts coping motives for marijuana use among treatment seeking young adults.
abstract: Given increasing marijuana use and abuse among young adults in the United States and the associated physical and mental health consequences, it is important to improve our understanding of factors that may contribute to problematic marijuana use. A convergence of theory and research underscores the relevance of particular marijuana use motives generally, and coping-related motives specifically, in enhancing risk for marijuana use problems. Distress tolerance is a transdiagnostic emotion vulnerability factor that may relate to coping-related motives for marijuana use. The current study was designed to further explore this relationship within a treatment-seeking sample of young adults (Mage=24.40; SD=2.06 years). Results were consistent with hypotheses, suggesting distress tolerance is related to coping motives for marijuana use within this treatment-seeking sample, even after accounting for a number of theoretically relevant covariates. Theoretical and applied implications of distress tolerance as it relates to coping motives for marijuana use as treatment targets are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Center for Research, Assessment, and Treatment Efficacy (CReATE), Asheville, NC, United States. Electronic address: stephen.semcho@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Semcho
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States.
authors.forename: Sarah A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bilsky
authors.affiliation: Center for Research, Assessment, and Treatment Efficacy (CReATE), Asheville, NC, United States.
authors.forename: Sarah F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States.
authors.forename: Ellen W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Leen-Feldner
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D008385:Marijuana Smoking / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D009042:Motivation; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012114:Residential Treatment; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Coping motives; Distress tolerance; Marijuana; Treatment; Young adults