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Title: Daily Motives for Alcohol and Marijuana Use as Predictors of Simultaneous Use Among Young Adults

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2019

ISSN: 1937-1888

DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2019.80.454

Abstract: ABSTRACT.Objective: Research on substance use motivestypically examines each substance separately. However, simultaneous alcohol and marijuana (SAM) use—thatis, using alcohol andmarijuanaatthe same timesothattheireffects overlap—iscommonamongyoungadults. This study examines day-to-day fluctuations in motivesfor using alcohol and/ or marijuana among young adult substance users as predictors of alco- hol, marijuana, and SAM use across days. Method: Data were from a community sample of young adults whoreported SAM use in the past month (analytic sample: N=399,mean[SD]age =21.63 [2.17];50.9% women). Participants reported alcohol, marijuana, and SAM use, and also motives“for alcohol and/or marijuanause” for14consecutive days. Results: Multilevelmodels showedthat elevated enhancement motives were associated withheavy episodic drinking, drinkingmore, and more hours high from marijuana. Elevated social motiveswere associated with heavy episodic drinking and drinking more, and also with fewerhours high.Elevated conformity motives were associated with drinking more. SAM usewas more likely:onalcohol days and on marijuana days with elevated enhancement and conformity motives, on alcohol days with elevatedcoping motives, and on marijuana days with elevated social motives. Conclusions: SAM useonagiven daywas primarily associated with enhancement and conformity motives. Social motiveswere more stronglylinked to alcohol use, and to some extent coping motiveswere linked to marijuana use in this young adult sample.Further examination of situation-specific motivesand contexts of use is needed to inform development of real-time interventions for SAM use and consequences.

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Authors: Patrick, Megan E.; Fairlie, Anne M.; Cadigan, Jennifer M.; Abdallah, Devon A.; Larimer, Mary E.; Lee, Christine M.

Periodical (Full): Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Issue: 4

Volume: 80

Pages: 454-461

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