Analysis identifies different substance use profiles and their links to emotion regulation and sensation-seeking.
In both undergraduate and community samples, substance use was characterized by three classes representing alcohol-only or no-use, alcohol and marijuana use, and polysubstance use. Urgency, difficulties regulating emotions, distress tolerance, sensation-seeking, and drinking motives significantly distinguished between different substance use profiles.
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