dc.contributor.author | Bernusky, Haley | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-10T11:39:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-08-10T11:39:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-08-08 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/82765 | |
dc.description.abstract | Many Canadian emerging adult postsecondary students use cannabis, a known risk factor for developing psychotic-like experiences (PLEs). Anxiety has been independently linked to both cannabis use and PLEs and may partially explain the links between cannabis variables and PLEs. Study 1 of this thesis investigated and provided support for anxiety as a mediator of the link between cannabis use frequency and PLEs. Study 2 identified anxiety and cannabis coping-with-anxiety motives as sequential mediators of the link between PLEs and cannabis-related problems. Neither study supported moderation by biological sex, suggesting that anxiety explains the cannabis-to-PLEs trajectory; and anxiety and cannabis coping-with-anxiety motives explain the link between PLEs and cannabis-related problems for Canadian undergraduates regardless of sex. Anxiety and related anxiety-specific coping motives appear to be important targets of preventative and/or therapeutic interventions aimed at reducing emerging adult cannabis users’ risks for mental health- and cannabis-related problems, including PLEs. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | cannabis | en_US |
dc.subject | anxiety | en_US |
dc.subject | psychotic-like experiences | en_US |
dc.subject | cannabis coping-with-anxiety motives | en_US |
dc.subject | cannabis-related problems | en_US |
dc.subject | mediation | en_US |
dc.subject | moderation | en_US |
dc.subject | conditional process analysis | en_US |
dc.subject | path analysis | en_US |
dc.subject | emerging adulthood | en_US |
dc.title | How is Anxiety Involved in the Links Between Cannabis Variables and Psychotic-Like Experiences in Emerging Adults? Investigating Two Potential Mediation Models in a Multi-Site University Sample | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2023-07-20 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Psychiatry | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Dr. Alissa Pencer | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Dr. Sherry Stewart | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Candice Crocker | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Igor Yakovenko | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Sherry Stewart | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Phil Tibbo | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Received | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Yes | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Yes | en_US |