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September 17, 2025The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Examining the Role of Anxiety Sensitivity and Intolerance of Uncertainty in Terms of Cannabis Use and Coping Motives for Cannabis Use in College Students With Clinically Elevated Worry

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RGRachel S. Goldblum EOEmily M. O’Bryan JBJessica G. BimsteinHartford Hospital

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Observational analysis shows anxiety sensitivity significantly predicts cannabis use in college students, suggesting targeting anxiety for intervention.

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Greater anxiety sensitivity was positively associated with increased cannabis use frequency, indicating a link between anxiety and consumption.
Among participants, coping motives for cannabis use were significantly associated with anxiety sensitivity, highlighting its role in substance use.
Follow-up analyses revealed that anxiety sensitivity related to social concerns led to increased coping motives for cannabis use in college students.
Intervention efforts may lessen cannabis use by addressing anxiety sensitivity among individuals at risk for generalized anxiety disorder.

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Goldblum et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d45b3431b076d99fa5dd2e https://doi.org/10.1097/nmd.0000000000001850

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Observational analysis shows anxiety sensitivity significantly predicts cannabis use in college students, suggesting targeting anxiety for intervention.

Examining the Role of Anxiety Sensitivity and Intolerance of Uncertainty in Terms of Cannabis Use and Coping Motives for Cannabis Use in College Students With Clinically Elevated Worry

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Examining the Role of Anxiety Sensitivity and Intolerance of Uncertainty in Terms of Cannabis Use and Coping Motives for Cannabis Use in College Students With Clinically Elevated Worry

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