Anxiety Sensitivity and Coping-Oriented Cannabis Use: The Moderating Role of Positive Cannabis Expectancies.

Individuals with elevated AS, particularly cognitive and social concerns, may be at risk for increased coping-oriented cannabis use when they also have higher positive expectancies. Considering how other variables, including positive cannabis expectancies, affect associations between AS and coping motives may help to explain previous discrepant findings on associations between AS and cannabis use. Future work should replicate methods among other, diverse populations and consider alternative measures of cannabis expectancies. Pending future research, AS may be important to assess and target among individuals who use cannabis and endorse positive cannabis expectancies.