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Savoring As A Protective Behavioral Strategy For Cannabis Use, Maha Noor Mian
Savoring As A Protective Behavioral Strategy For Cannabis Use, Maha Noor Mian
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Protective behavioral strategies (PBS) aim to mitigate harms related to substance use. Many individuals use cannabis for relief, but little work has focused on strategies to enhance therapeutic benefit safely. The present paper includes two studies that test a novel theoretical model positing enhancement of subjective effects as a protective strategy against cannabis-related harms. Enhancement was operationalized as savoring, a facet of mindfulness, as a potential PBS to mitigate cannabis-related negative consequences and alter subjective effects associated with use. Study I was a cross sectional survey examining relations of savoring, PBS, and cannabis use outcomes as well as the feasibility …