环境压抑调解了创伤后压力和大麻使用之间的关系,这些关系在受创伤影响的大学生中存在
Michael Gawrysiak1, Daniel Loomis1, Sebastian Ehmann1
1Department of Psychology, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs
|April 25, 2024
概括
环境抑制完全调解了创伤后应激 (PTS) 与暴露于创伤的个体中的大麻滥用之间的联系. 这凸显了PTS和物质使用障碍同时出现的潜在跨诊断风险因素.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 成研究 研究成研究
背景情况:
- 创伤暴露和创伤后压力 (PTS) 是问题性物质使用的重要风险因素.
- 奖励概率,包括获得和享受环境奖励,是创伤和酒精使用之间的新兴调解者.
- 奖励概率在中介创伤暴露个体中PTS和大麻使用之间的关系中的具体作用仍未得到充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 调查奖励概率是否调解创伤后压力和大麻滥用之间的关联在受创伤影响的本科生样本中.
- 检查奖励概率 (RP) 和奖励概率指数 (RPI) 的环境抑制 (ES) 尺度在这种调度中的不同作用.
主要方法:
- 在404名本科生中采用了横截面在线调查设计.
- 参与者匿名完成了奖励概率指数 (RPI),DSM-5的创伤后应激障碍检查清单 (PCL-5) 和大麻使用障碍识别测试修订 (CUDIT-R).
- 使用并行调解路径分析模型来测试假设的调解路径.
主要成果:
- RPI的环境抑制 (ES) 尺度完全介绍了PTS和大麻滥用之间的关系.
- 奖励概率 (RP) 尺度没有显著调解这种关系.
- 研究结果表明,减少获得或享受环境奖励 (ES) 是将PTS与大麻滥用联系起来的关键机制.
结论:
- 该RPI-ES尺度表现出作为创伤后压力和大麻使用的跨诊断风险因素的实用性.
- 结果表明,旨在增强非物质相关奖励体验机会的干预措施可能有利于治疗同时发生的PTS和物质滥用.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索和优化这种治疗方法.
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