Table 1.
Total | During Elevated Cannabis Craving | |||
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N | % of times coping strategies used | N | % of times coping strategies used | |
Behavioral Strategies | ||||
Keeping busy | 857 | 49.6 | 123 | 48.2 |
Eating or drinking | 127 | 7.3 | 13 | 5.1 |
Deep breathing | 33 | 1.9 | 5 | 2.0 |
Oral nonfood | 30 | 1.7 | 2 | 0.8 |
Avoid/leave situation | 103 | 6.0 | 18 | 7.1 |
Movement/exercise | 135 | 7.8 | 28 | 11.0 |
Any behavioral strategy | 944 | 54.6 | 140 | 54.9 |
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Cognitive Strategies | ||||
Prohibit self from using | 321 | 18.6 | 46 | 18.0 |
Encouraging/calming self-talk | 62 | 3.6 | 21 | 8.2 |
Thinking about negatives of using | 122 | 7.1 | 11 | 4.3 |
Thinking about positives of quitting | 116 | 6.7 | 6 | 2.4 |
Focusing thoughts away from using | 159 | 9.2 | 26 | 10.2 |
Optimism about success in quitting | 82 | 4.7 | 11 | 4.3 |
Total number of cognitive strategies | 469 | 27.1 | 57 | 22.4 |
Any coping strategy | 1,097 | 63.5 | 152 | 59.6 |
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Noncoping Responses | ||||
Wait it out | 248 | 14.4 | 81 | 31.8 |
No coping | 445 | 25.8 | 68 | 26.7 |
Any noncoping responses | 601 | 34.8 | 91 | 35.7 |
Note. Elevated craving was operationalized as craving ratings >4 (i.e., at least moderate).