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Tell me who your friends are?! The mediating role of friends use in cannabis abuse

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dc.contributor.authorDias, Paulo C.
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Sílvia
dc.contributor.authorCastillo, José Antonio Garcia del
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-13T11:04:20Z
dc.date.available2021-12-13T11:04:20Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-20
dc.description.abstractObjectives: To evaluate the relationship between age at onset of cannabis use and cannabis abuse in a sample of Portuguese cannabis users, testing the mediating role of the number of friends using cannabis and comparing these relationships between male and female subsets. Method: A sample of 529 Portuguese cannabis users comprising 276 males and 244 females aged from 14 to 21 years completed a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Cannabis Abuse Screening Test (CAST), and answered four questions related to cannabis use. Data were analyzed using the PROCESS macro in SPSS version 26.0. Results: Age at onset of cannabis use was negatively related to the number of friends using cannabis, while the number of friends using cannabis had a positive relationship with cannabis abuse. As predicted, the number of friends using cannabis seems to have a mediating role in the relationship between cannabis onset age use and cannabis abuse, since the indirect effect was found to be significant. The pattern of the relationships among the variables observed was found to be similar for both male and female subsets of the sample. However, males reported higher cannabis abuse than females. Conclusion: The results highlight the mediating role of friends’ use of cannabis in the relationship between age at onset of cannabis use and users’ abuse. These results highlight the importance of early intervention in cannabis use. In particular, the pattern of the relationships observed among the studied variables emphasizes the need to monitor and conduct peer training interventions or interventions to promote of social skills.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.47626/2237-6089-2021-0269pt_PT
dc.identifier.eid85131695090
dc.identifier.issn2237-6089
dc.identifier.pmcPMC9490938
dc.identifier.pmid34800359
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/36155
dc.identifier.wos000799889400002
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectCannabis abusept_PT
dc.subjectFriends using cannabispt_PT
dc.subjectMediationpt_PT
dc.subjectOnset agept_PT
dc.titleTell me who your friends are?! The mediating role of friends use in cannabis abusept_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage9
oaire.citation.issueSuppl 1
oaire.citation.startPage1
oaire.citation.volume44
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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