@article{ref1,
title="Is social anxiety associated with cannabis use? The role of cannabis use effect expectancies in middle adolescence",
journal="Journal of child and adolescent substance abuse",
year="2016",
author="Schmits, Emilie and Mathys, Cécile and Quertemont, Etienne",
volume="25",
number="4",
pages="348-359",
abstract="This study investigated the mediating/moderating role of cannabis use expectancies in/on the relationship between social anxiety (SA) and cannabis use in adolescence. Linear/logistic regressions and mediation/moderation analyses were performed in a sample of 1,343 Belgian teenagers (15 to 16 years old). SA was negatively related to lifetime cannabis use. Relaxation, social facilitation, and high-order positive expectancies moderated the relation between SA and lifetime cannabis use, whereas negative behavioral and high-order negative expectancies mediated the link. The potential protective nature of SA on lifetime cannabis use and the diverging involvement of negative and positive expectancies are discussed. <br><br>RESULTS support the importance of expectancies in prevention.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1067-828X",
doi="10.1080/1067828X.2015.1039683",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2015.1039683"
}