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López-Fernández FJ, Mezquita L, Vidal-Arenas V, Michelini Y, Bravo AJ, Pilatti A, Ortet G, Ibáñez MI. Big five personality traits, gaming motives, and regular and disordered gaming: A cross-national examination among college student gamers in seven countries. Addict Behav 2024; 156:108049. [PMID: 38733950 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2024] [Revised: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Previous research has shown that personality traits and gaming motives are important predictors for explaining regular and disordered gaming. However, the mediating role of gaming motives in the relation between personality traits and video game outcomes (e.g., time spent gaming or disordered gaming) has been scarcely studied and limited cross-national studies have addressed this issue. The present study aimed to examine the direct and indirect effects of the Big Five personality traits on weekly gaming and disordered gaming via gaming motives across seven countries. METHOD 3540 college student gamers (59.5% women) from the U.S., Canada, Spain, Argentina, Uruguay, South Africa and England completed the online survey. Structural equation modeling was conducted to test models. Multigroup models were employed to test model invariance across countries. RESULTS Significant, albeit weak, relations were found between personality traits and gaming outcomes, and were mediated mostly by coping motives in predicting disordered gaming, and by social interaction and recreation (to a lesser extent) motives in predicting weekly gaming. Some minor, yet significant, differences across countries appeared and are discussed in detail. DISCUSSION The present findings indicate that the differential interrelations between personality traits, gaming motives, and video gaming outcomes may be generalized in college students across countries.
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Affiliation(s)
- Francisco J López-Fernández
- Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Spain
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Spain; Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Castelló de la Plana, Spain.
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Spain
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- Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas, IIPsi (CONICET-UNC), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
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- Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas, IIPsi (CONICET-UNC), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Spain; Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Castelló de la Plana, Spain
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Spain; Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Castelló de la Plana, Spain
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Mezquita L, Bravo AJ, Pilatti A, Ortet G, Ibáñez MI. Quantifying cannabis problems among college students from English and Spanish speaking countries: Cross-cultural validation of the Cannabis Use Disorders Identification Test-Revised (CUDIT-R). Addict Behav 2022; 127:107209. [PMID: 34959075 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Revised: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The Cannabis Use Disorders Identification Test - Revised (CUDIT-R) is a broadly employed measure of cannabis-related problems. However, minimal research has tested the measurement invariance of the CUDIT-R among youths from different countries, hindering cross-national comparisons. Thus, the present study aimed to test the measurement invariance of the CUDIT-R between seven countries and gender groups, and provide different sources of reliability and validity evidence of the scale. METHODS A sample of 4,712 college student lifetime cannabis users (mean age = 20.57, SD = 3.97; 70.4% females) from seven countries completed the CUDIT-R. Last 30-day cannabis users (n = 2402; mean age = 20.09, SD = 3.18; 67.7% females) additionally completed another measure of cannabis-related problems, and measures of cannabis frequency, quantity and motives. RESULTS Multigroup analysis showed configural (equal number of factors and pattern of factor-indicator relationships), metric (equal factor loadings) and scalar (equal thresholds) invariance of the CUDIT-R across five countries and across gender in the sample of lifetime cannabis users. Cronbach's alphas and ordinal omegas ranked from .72 and .85. Large correlations were found between the CUDIT-R and another cannabis-related problem scale. Small to large associations were found between the CUDIT-R and other criterion variables (frequency and quantity of consumption and cannabis-related motives) providing convergent and discriminant validity evidence. Only a few differences in the magnitude of the correlations across countries were found. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that the CUDIT-R is a suitable measure to assess cannabis-related problems among college student from the U.S., Canada, South Africa, Spain, and Argentina and across gender groups.
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- Laura Mezquita
- Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Castellón, Spain; Centre for Biomedical Research Network on Mental Health (CIBERSAM) Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Castelló, Spain.
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, William & Mary, USA
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- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Psicología, Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas, IIPsi, CONICET, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Castellón, Spain; Centre for Biomedical Research Network on Mental Health (CIBERSAM) Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Castelló, Spain
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Castellón, Spain; Centre for Biomedical Research Network on Mental Health (CIBERSAM) Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Castelló, Spain
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Feliu A, Fernández E, Castellano Y, Enríquez M, Saura J, Cabezas C, Colom J, Suelves JM, Pla M, Parejo M, Mondon S, Barrio P, Andreu M, Raich A, Bernabeu J, Vilaplana J, Roca X, Bautista P, Guydish J, Martínez C. Tobacco cessation among smokers under substance use treatment for alcohol and/or cannabis: study protocol and pilot study. Addict Sci Clin Pract 2022; 17:66. [PMID: 36451226 PMCID: PMC9709380 DOI: 10.1186/s13722-022-00348-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Approximately 80% of people with a substance use disorder (SUD) are smokers. Starting SUD treatment offers the opportunity to also quit smoking. The ACT-ATAC project aims to identify the predictors associated with smoking cessation among persons treated for alcohol and/or cannabis use disorder in Barcelona. This manuscript reports its methodology and the experience of carrying it out during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS Mixed methods project with three substudies. Substudy 1 (S1) comprises heterogeneous discussion groups among clinicians. S2 has two prospective cohorts composed of smokers under treatment for alcohol and/or cannabis use disorder and the clinicians in charge of these patients. Participating smokers will be followed for 12 months and interviewed about their substance use and the tobacco cessation services received using the Spanish version of the users' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Services (S-KAS) scale. The clinicians will be asked about their self-reported practices in smoking cessation using the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (S-KAP) scale. S3 comprises heterogeneous discussion groups with smokers. Data will be triangulated using qualitative and quantitative analyses. To facilitate the recruitment process, the researchers have introduced several strategies (design clear protocols, set monthly online meetings, extend the project, provide gift cards, etc.). DISCUSSION The results of S1 were used to develop the questionnaires. S2 required some adjustments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the follow-up interviews being conducted by phone instead of face-to-face, and the recruitment rhythm was lower than expected. Recruitment will last until reaching at least 200-250 users. The fieldwork could not have been possible without the collaboration of the ACT-ATAC team and the introduction of several strategies. Trial registration The ACT-ATAC project has been successfully registered at Clinicaltrials.gov [NCT04841655].
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- Ariadna Feliu
- grid.418701.b0000 0001 2097 8389Tobacco Control Unit, Cancer Control and Prevention Program, WHO Collaborating Center On Tobacco Control, Institut Català d’Oncologia, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain ,Cancer Control and Prevention Group, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.512891.6CIBER en Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- grid.418701.b0000 0001 2097 8389Tobacco Control Unit, Cancer Control and Prevention Program, WHO Collaborating Center On Tobacco Control, Institut Català d’Oncologia, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain ,Cancer Control and Prevention Group, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.512891.6CIBER en Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES), Madrid, Spain ,grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Department of Clinical Sciences. School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.418701.b0000 0001 2097 8389Tobacco Control Unit, Cancer Control and Prevention Program, WHO Collaborating Center On Tobacco Control, Institut Català d’Oncologia, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain ,Cancer Control and Prevention Group, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.512891.6CIBER en Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- grid.418701.b0000 0001 2097 8389Tobacco Control Unit, Cancer Control and Prevention Program, WHO Collaborating Center On Tobacco Control, Institut Català d’Oncologia, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain ,Cancer Control and Prevention Group, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.418701.b0000 0001 2097 8389Tobacco Control Unit, Cancer Control and Prevention Program, WHO Collaborating Center On Tobacco Control, Institut Català d’Oncologia, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain ,Cancer Control and Prevention Group, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Department of Public Health, Maternal Health and Mental Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.454735.40000000123317762Government of Catalonia, Public Health Secretariat, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.500777.2Public Health Agency of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.500777.2Public Health Agency of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.36083.3e0000 0001 2171 6620Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Department of Public Health, Maternal Health and Mental Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Department of Public Health, Maternal Health and Mental Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.410458.c0000 0000 9635 9413Addictions Unit, Psychiatry Department, Institute of Neurosciences, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.410458.c0000 0000 9635 9413Addictions Unit, Psychiatry Department, Institute of Neurosciences, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.410458.c0000 0000 9635 9413Addictions Unit, Psychiatry Department, Institute of Neurosciences, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.488391.f0000 0004 0426 7378Mental Health Department, Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitària, Manresa, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.488391.f0000 0004 0426 7378Mental Health Department, Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitària, Manresa, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.15043.330000 0001 2163 1432Serra Húnter Fellow, Computer Science Department, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain
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- grid.413396.a0000 0004 1768 8905Addictive Behaviors Unit, Psychiatry Department, Hospital de La Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Department of Public Health, Maternal Health and Mental Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.266102.10000 0001 2297 6811Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158 USA
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- grid.418701.b0000 0001 2097 8389Tobacco Control Unit, Cancer Control and Prevention Program, WHO Collaborating Center On Tobacco Control, Institut Català d’Oncologia, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain ,Cancer Control and Prevention Group, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.512891.6CIBER en Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES), Madrid, Spain ,grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Department of Public Health, Maternal Health and Mental Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.266102.10000 0001 2297 6811Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158 USA
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Factores que diferencian el consumo frecuente y esporádico de marihuana en estudiantes universitarios. ACTA COLOMBIANA DE PSICOLOGIA 2021. [DOI: 10.14718/acp.2022.25.1.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Aunque el consumo de marihuana es altamente prevalente entre universitarios de Argentina, poco se sabe respecto a los factores que permiten distinguir a los consumidores frecuentes de marihuana de quienes consumen esporádicamente. Por esta razón, en el presente trabajo se indagó sobre las posibles variaciones en los contextos de consumo, motivos de consumo, normas percibidas y estrategias conductuales de protección entre universitarios con consumo frecuente o esporádico de marihuana, y se analizó la utilidad de este conjunto de variables para distinguir entre estos los tipos de consumidores mencionados. Para ello, se contó con una muestra de 1083 estudiantes universitarios argentinos que completó una encuesta en línea sobre el consumo de sustancias. En particular, este trabajo se realizó con la submuestra que reportó consumir marihuana en los últimos 30 días (n = 158; 51.3 % mujeres). Dicha encuesta interrogaba sobre el consumo de marihuana y las consecuencias negativas asociadas, así como por motivos de consumo, normas sociales percibidas y estrategias conductuales de protección. Como resultado, los consumidores frecuentes presentaron mayor cantidad de consecuencias negativas (M = 4.92) que los consumidores esporádicos (M = 1.82; p ≤ .05), y se halló un perfil distintivo en un conjunto de variables. A nivel multivariado, los motivos de animación (or = 1.230; p ≤ .05), las estrategias conductuales de protección (or = .941; p ≤ .05), el consumo en solitario (or = 2.024; p ≤ .05) y el consumo en fiestas universitarias (or = 2.669; p ≤ .05) discriminaron significativamente entre ambas clases de consumidores. En general, los hallazgos revelaron subpoblaciones heterogéneas de consumidores de marihuana que difieren no solo en el consumo y sus consecuencias, sino también en los contextos de consumo y en un conjunto de variables relevantes. Estas subpoblaciones distintivas requieren de intervenciones diferentes y específicas.
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The development and validation of the Videogaming Motives Questionnaire (VMQ). PLoS One 2020; 15:e0240726. [PMID: 33095762 PMCID: PMC7584249 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Gaming motives are important factors for explaining individual differences in videogame-related behaviors. The aim of the present study was to develop a new comprehensive but brief instrument-the Videogaming Motives Questionnaire (VMQ)-which embraces some of the most relevant gaming motives. In a first study, a pilot exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with data from 140 undergraduates was performed on items from twelve potential motives. This identified eight main factors: recreation, social interaction, coping, violent reward, fantasy, cognitive development, customization, and competition. In Studies 2 and 3, an EFA and a confirmatory factor analysis were performed on two independent samples of 407 adolescents and 260 young adults, respectively. The VMQ presented a robust eight-factor structure, with all scales showing adequate reliability indices. In reference to criterion validity, all motives presented specific associations with hours spent playing videogames, disordered gaming, and game genre preferences. More specifically, and in both adolescents and young adults, social interaction was the main motive related to time spent gaming, whereas disordered gaming was related to both coping and social interaction motives. Based on these findings, it is concluded that the VMQ is a brief and psychometrically appropriate tool for assessing the most relevant videogaming motives.
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Bravo AJ, Sotelo M, Pilatti A, Mezquita L, Read JP. Depressive symptoms, ruminative thinking, marijuana use motives, and marijuana outcomes: A multiple mediation model among college students in five countries. Drug Alcohol Depend 2019; 204:107558. [PMID: 31586807 PMCID: PMC6878192 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Revised: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 07/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have evidenced that rumination and drinking motives may mediate the association between depressive symptoms and alcohol outcomes. The present study cross-culturally examined whether a similar mediation model may extend to marijuana. Specifically, we tested distinct rumination facets (problem-focused thoughts, counterfactual thinking, repetitive thoughts, and anticipatory thoughts) and marijuana use motives (social, coping, expansion, conformity, enhancement) as double-mediators of the paths from depressive symptoms to marijuana outcomes (use and consequences). METHOD A comprehensive mediation path model was tested in a cross-sectional sample of college student marijuana users (n = 1175) from five countries (U.S., Argentina, Uruguay, Spain, Netherlands). Multi-group models were tested to determine if the proposed mediational model was invariant across sex and different cultures/countries. RESULTS Depressive symptoms and marijuana outcomes were indirectly associated through ruminative thinking and marijuana motives. Specifically, higher depressive symptoms were associated with higher problem-focused thoughts; which in turn were associated with: a) higher endorsement of coping motives which in turn was associated with higher marijuana use and related consequences and b) lower endorsement of enhancement motives which in turn was associated with lower marijuana use and related consequences. The multi-group analyses showed that the model was invariant across sex and the five countries. CONCLUSIONS The present research supports the existence of a universal (i.e., cross-national invariant) negative affect regulation pathway to marijuana use/misuse similar to those previously found with alcohol. Additional research is needed to confirm the role of enhancement motives in the associations of depression, rumination and marijuana outcomes.
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- Adrian J Bravo
- Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, University of New Mexico, 2650 Yale Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.
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- Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, University of New Mexico, 2650 Yale Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.
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- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología. Bv. de la Reforma esq. Enfermera Gordillo s/n. Córdoba, Argentina; Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas, IIPSI, Unidad Ejecutora CONICET-UNC. Córdoba, Argentina.
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I, av. de Vicente Sos Baynat, s/n, 12071, Castelló, Spain; Centre for Biomedical Research Network on Mental Health (CIBERSAM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, av. de Vicente Sos Baynat, s/n, 12071, Castelló, Spain.
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- Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, 12 Capen Hall, Buffalo, New York 14260-1660, USA.
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