Typology of cannabis use among adults: A latent class approach to risk and protective factors |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Houston, Department of Psychology, Houston, TX, United States;2. Louisiana State University, Department of Psychology, Baton Rouge, LA, United States;3. Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States;4. Florida State University, Department of Psychology, Tallahassee, FL, United States;5. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Behavioral Science, Houston, TX, United States;1. Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States;2. Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States;1. Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States;2. Department of Marketing, Goizueta Business School, Emory University, 1300 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States;3. Deparment of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States;4. Deparment of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States;1. University of Houston, Department of Psychology, Houston, TX, United States;2. Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States;3. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Behavioral Science, Houston, TX, United States;4. Louisiana State University, Department of Psychology, Baton Rouge, LA, United States;5. Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States;6. Centers for Behavioral and Preventative Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, United States;7. General Medicine Research Unit, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI, United States |
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| Abstract: | BackgroundCannabis is among the most widely used substances worldwide. The United States has seen an increase in the number of adult daily cannabis users and in the number of adults diagnosed with cannabis use disorder. However, little work has examined patterns of use or unique subgroups of adult cannabis users, which may be useful in developing targeted treatment interventions for problematic cannabis users. Therefore, the current study used latent profile analysis to identify whether cannabis users can be categorized across distinct subgroups of adult users.MethodThe sample included 374 current cannabis using adults (64.2% Male; Mage = 32.6). Cannabis use frequency, quantity, and related problems were used to differentiate subgroups. Further, age, race, emotion dysregulation, affect, anxiety sensitivity, other substance use, and motives for cannabis use were examined as class correlates.ResultsResults supported five unique classes of cannabis users, generally ranging from light, infrequent users with few problems to heavy, frequent users with more problems. Additionally, race, negative affectivity, anxiety sensitivity, emotion regulation, cannabis use motives, and alcohol use emerged as unique predictors of class membership. The current findings substantiate past work for heterogeneous latent classes that underlie the larger cannabis using population, however, this study provides novel evidence for subgroups of adult users.ConclusionThe identification of different classes of cannabis users may inform future treatment interventions, and ultimately, lead to the development of personalized treatments for each class based on correlates of group membership. |
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