BACKGROUND Comorbidity of mental disorders and substance use continues to be a major problem. To inform the development of more effective interventions for these co-existing disorders, this paper aimed to determine if there are clear variations in the reasons for tobacco, alcohol or cannabis use across people with different mental disorders. METHODS Data from five randomized controlled trials...

Objective: Cannabis use is common among college students and many cannabis to cope with negative affect. The COVID-19 pandemic was a particularly stressful time for students. Subsequently, the present study compared who reported increases in anxiety/depression symptoms since stay at home orders those no change on coping motives, frequency, consequences. Specifically, we examined whether self-re...

Background: Awareness of the motives of the students for choosing to study medicine demonstrates their understanding of the nature of this major and their expectations from their future profession. The evaluation of the volume of students who choose this major with wrong motives is necessary for educational planning of professional commitment. This study was conducted to evaluate the motives of...

This study presents the interrelationships between stressful life events, motives for Internet use, social support, and the use of the Internet among a sample of adolescents and children aged 8 to 18 (N = 717). The results show that stressful life events are significantly associated with the consumption of the Internet for mood management (such as entertainment and information seeking) and soci...

Either out of intellectual curiosity (e.g., `What kind of person am I?"), as a consequence of interpersonal feedback in their daily lives (e.g., evaluations from teachers, employers, or leisure activity partners), or because of the unavoidable force of life events (e.g., new occupation, involvement in a romantic relationship, chronic illness), people may wonder how socially fit are their person...

BACKGROUND Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is the deliberate and direct injuring of body tissue without suicidal intent for purposes not socially sanctioned. Few studies have examined the correlates of NSSI among young adults. This study aimed to identify predictors of lifetime and past-year NSSI, and describe motives for NSSI and disclosure of NSSI to others. METHOD Interviews were conducted...