Why do people use new psychoactive substances? Development of a new measurement tool in six European countries.
Annemieke BenschopRóbert UrbánMáté Kapitány-FövényMarie Claire Van HoutKatarzyna DąbrowskaKatalin FelvincziEvelyn HearneSusana HenriquesZsuzsa KalóGerrit KamphausenJoana Paula SilvaŁukasz WieczorekBernd WerseMichal BujalskiDirk KorfZsolt DemetrovicsPublished in: Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) (2020)
NPS use motives might be associated with both the groups of users and the specific types of NPS being consumed. Expansion (psychedelics) and enhancement (stimulants) motives seemed to be linked to the chosen NPS product type, while coping, social and conformity motives were rather associated with user groups. NPSMM was found to be a valid instrument to measure NPS motives.