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. 2023 Feb:137:107509.
doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107509. Epub 2022 Oct 1.

Anxiety sensitivity and cigarette use on cannabis use problems, perceived barriers for cannabis cessation, and self-efficacy for quitting among adults with cannabis use disorder

Michael F Orr  1 , Luke F Heggeness  1 , Nirvi Mehta  1 , Jacob Moya  1 , Kara Manning  1 , Lorra Garey  2 , Julianna Hogan  3 , Marcel de Dios  4 , Michael J Zvolensky  5
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Anxiety sensitivity and cigarette use on cannabis use problems, perceived barriers for cannabis cessation, and self-efficacy for quitting among adults with cannabis use disorder

Michael F Orr et al. Addict Behav. 2023 Feb.

Abstract

Many individuals diagnosed with cannabis use disorder (CUD) report a desire to quit using cannabis due to problems associated with use. Yet, successful abstinence is difficult for a large subset of this population. Thus, the present study sought to elucidate potential risk factors for cannabis use problems, perceived barriers for quitting, and diminished self-efficacy for remaining abstinent. Specifically, this investigation examined cigarette user status, anxiety sensitivity, and the interplay between these individual difference factors in terms of cannabis-related problems, perceived barriers for cannabis cessation, and self-efficacy for quitting cannabis use. The sample consisted of 132 adult cannabis users who met criteria for CUD and were interested in quitting (38 % female; 63.6 % Black; Mage = 37.22; SDage = 28.79; 54.6 % current tobacco users). Findings revealed a significant interaction, such that anxiety sensitivity was related to cannabis use problems and perceived barriers for cannabis cessation among current cigarette users, but not among cigarette non-users. There was no significant interaction for self-efficacy for remaining abstinent. The current findings suggest that cigarette users constitute a subgroup that may be especially vulnerable to the effects of anxiety sensitivity in terms of cannabis use problems and perceived barriers for quitting cannabis use.

Keywords: Addictive behavior; Anxiety sensitivity; Cannabis use disorder; Cannabis use problems; Perceived barriers for cessation; Self efficacy.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Interaction of Anxiety Sensitivity and Smoking status on (a.) Connabis Problems, (b.) Barriers to Cessation.
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