A Psychometric Evaluation of User-Generated Cannabis Use Motives in German University Students

Motives for the use of serotonergic psychedelics: A systematic review

“…What they frequently do not have is the opportunity to add individual motives to the questionnaire‐specific set of motives. This might result in non‐reporting and underreporting of motives which were not covered by the applied questionnaire as previously shown for certain cannabis use motive measures [6], for example using because of substance‐specific craving. Another explanation of this potential finding is a reduction of social desirability bias in qualitative interviews.…”

“…In comparison to distal factors, such as temperament traits [3], use motives are better predictors of future use regarding several substances, including alcohol, cannabis and, to a smaller degree, tobacco [2,4,5]. Importantly, motives develop and may change over time, leading to differences in motives between occasional users, recreational users and chronic users with a substance use disorder [6].…”

“…One difficulty in assessing substance use motives is related to methodology. On one hand, standardised instruments exist that aim to capture the five standard use motives in a valid manner in form of structured questionnaires [6,39,40]. On the other hand, much research conducted with substance users is qualitative of nature [41,42], which often entails using forms of assessment providing more opportunities for subjects to speak freely.…”