Do Anxiety Symptoms Mediate the Association Between Cannabis Use Frequency and Psychotic-Like Experiences in Emerging Adult Undergraduates?
Haley C R BernuskyPhilip G TibboPatricia J ConrodFakir Md YunusMatthew T KeoughKara D ThompsonMarvin D KrankAllyson F HadwinSherry H StewartPublished in: Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie (2023)
Anxiety symptoms mediated the association between cannabis use and PLEs in emerging adults regardless of their biological sex. Assuming replication in prospective research, results highlight anxiety as an important intervention target in frequent cannabis-using emerging adults, to potentially prevent development/worsening of PLEs, and in turn psychotic illness.