The relationship between cannabis use and measures of anxiety and depression in a sample of college campus cannabis users and non-users post state legalization in Colorado

PeerJ

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Lucy J. Troup¹  Jeremy A. Andrzejewski¹  Jacob T. Braunwalder¹  Robert D. Torrence¹ 

[1] Department of Psychology, Colorado State University

关键词: Cannabis;    Anxiety;    Depression;    Recreational cannabis use;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.2782

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

As part of an ongoing research program into the relationship between cannabis use and emotion processing, participants were assessed on their level of cannabis exposure using the Recreational Cannabis Use Examination, a measure developed specifically to assess cannabis use in Colorado post state legalization. Three groups were created based on self-reported use: a control group who have never used, a casual user group and a chronic user group. Each participant also completed two measures of mood assessment, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Relationships between cannabis use groups and scores on these measures were then analyzed using both correlations and multivariate analysis of variance. Results indicate a relationship between casual cannabis use and scoring highly for depressive symptomatology on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. There were no significant relationships between cannabis use and scores on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.

【 授权许可】

CC BY