焦虑敏感性和大麻使用:研究结果的系统审查和概念化
Nicole A Short1, Rachel Weese1, Mattea Pezza1
1Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.
Behaviour research and therapy
|March 27, 2025
概括
焦虑敏感性 (AS) 可能会增加有问题的大麻使用,特别是应对. 高AS与使用大麻来管理痛苦有关,但需要更多的研究来理解这种复杂的关系,以预防大麻使用障碍.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 药物成科学 药物成科学
背景情况:
- 焦虑敏感性 (AS),焦虑性兴奋的恐惧,是一个公认的跨诊断风险因素.
- 问题性大麻使用和大麻使用障碍 (CUD) 是重大的公共卫生问题,在美国的比例不断上升.
- 关于AS和大麻使用之间的联系的现有研究提出了相互矛盾的发现.
研究的目的:
- 对AS和CUD之间的关联进行批判性审查和综合现有研究.
- 提出AS作为CUD风险因素的统一概念模型.
- 概述未来的研究议程,以了解这种关系.
主要方法:
- 对实证研究进行了系统审查,搜索了PubMed和PsycInfo.
- 包括到2024年春季发表的50项研究,研究AS和大麻使用之间的关联.
- 两位独立审查员对研究的特征和偏见风险进行编码后,研究进行了定性合成.
主要成果:
- 增加的AS与增加的面向应对的大麻使用直接相关.
- 在高AS和潜在的有问题的大麻使用之间发现了积极的关联.
- 在AS和终身大麻使用或一般大麻使用频率之间没有发现显著的关联.
结论:
- 一个概念模型表明,高AS可能会推动面向应对的大麻使用,可能导致CUD,特别是与同时发生的精神病理和积极的大麻期望.
- 建议进一步研究采用前性和实验性设计与验证的措施.
- 调查各种使用大麻的人口对于全面理解至关重要.
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