Substance use & misuse · 2025
Imposter Syndrome and Cannabis-Related Problems: The Roles of Social Anxiety and Coping-Motivated Cannabis Use.
СтатьяНазвание и аннотация: Перевод пока не подготовлен
Обработка статьи · этапы, ошибки и управление
Загрузка состояния…
Ошибки и ограничения
История · было → стало
Состояние обновляется каждые 5 секунд, пока блок открыт. Процент показывается только там, где известен объём работы. Пауза останавливает продолжение этапа; текущий запрос к источнику может завершиться.
Buckner Julia, Vargo Luke, Knox Amelia
Аннотация
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Cannabis use and related problems are at an all-time high, especially among college-aged individuals. It is therefore vital to identify individual difference variables associated with cannabis-relate problems to inform prevention and treatment efforts. One factor that is common among undergraduates is imposter syndrome (i.e., feelings of self-doubt, especially concerning one's intellectual or academic abilities). Imposter syndrome is related to anxiety, and per affect regulation models, imposter syndrome may be related to worse cannabis problems via elevated anxiety and cannabis use to cope with anxiety.
METHODS: 115 (84% female) undergraduates (Mage=19.3, SD = 1.3) with past-month cannabis use completed an online survey, and analyses were conducted using the PROCESS macro in SPSS.
RESULTS: Imposter syndrome was significantly related to cannabis problems and more cannabis use to cope with negative affect generally and with social anxiety specifically. Imposter syndrome was indirectly related to cannabis problems via the serial effects of social anxiety and coping with negative affect broadly, b = 0.02, SE = 0.01, 95% CI: [0.003, 0.04], and coping with social anxiety specifically, b = 0.01, SE = 0.01, 95% CI: [0.001, 0.03].
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to that identify imposter syndrome is associated with coping-motivated cannabis use and cannabis-related problems.
SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: College students have high rates of imposter syndrome and are at high risk for cannabis-related problems. An important next step will be to test whether cognitive restructuring techniques aimed at helping students manage imposter syndrome and associated negative affect results in better mental health and less cannabis use and related problems.
METHODS: 115 (84% female) undergraduates (Mage=19.3, SD = 1.3) with past-month cannabis use completed an online survey, and analyses were conducted using the PROCESS macro in SPSS.
RESULTS: Imposter syndrome was significantly related to cannabis problems and more cannabis use to cope with negative affect generally and with social anxiety specifically. Imposter syndrome was indirectly related to cannabis problems via the serial effects of social anxiety and coping with negative affect broadly, b = 0.02, SE = 0.01, 95% CI: [0.003, 0.04], and coping with social anxiety specifically, b = 0.01, SE = 0.01, 95% CI: [0.001, 0.03].
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to that identify imposter syndrome is associated with coping-motivated cannabis use and cannabis-related problems.
SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: College students have high rates of imposter syndrome and are at high risk for cannabis-related problems. An important next step will be to test whether cognitive restructuring techniques aimed at helping students manage imposter syndrome and associated negative affect results in better mental health and less cannabis use and related problems.