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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Aug 21;167:175–181. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.08.018

Table 2.

Partial Correlations among Motives Change Scores and Cannabis Outcomes

6 Months 9 Months 12 Months 15 Months

Motive Change Use MPI CUD Use MPI CUD Use MPI CUD Use MPI CUD

ΔAlcohol −0.02 0.39** 0.15* 0.20** 0.37** 0.15* 0.20** 0.43** 0.23** 0.24** 0.45** 0.29**
ΔAltered Perception 0.30** 0.37** 0.23** 0.40** 0.46** 0.29** 0.50** 0.49** 0.32** 0.42** 0.53** 0.37**
ΔSocial Anxiety 0.27** 0.37** 0.28** 0.36** 0.45** 0.29** 0.36** 0.49** 0.34** 0.37** 0.53** 0.39**
ΔAvailability 0.20** 0.36** 0.21** 0.24** 0.46** 0.30** 0.38** 0.53** 0.33** 0.34** 0.54** 0.33**
ΔBoredom 0.27** 0.38** 0.33** 0.36** 0.42** 0.32** 0.49** 0.55** 0.40** 0.37** 0.55** 0.44**
ΔCelebration 0.19** 0.29** 0.19** 0.23** 0.33** 0.13* 0.38** 0.48** 0.23** 0.40** 0.45** 0.27**
ΔConformity 0.20** 0.48** 0.30** 0.29** 0.44** 0.24** 0.35** 0.57** 0.14* 0.35** 0.60** 0.38**
ΔCoping 0.26** 0.54** 0.36** 0.36** 0.54** 0.34** 0.40** 0.57** 0.32** 0.33** 0.58** 0.38**
ΔEnjoyment 0.29** 0.35** 0.24** 0.36** 0.49** 0.32** 0.44** 0.50** 0.31** 0.42** 0.44** 0.30**
ΔExperimentation 0.26** 0.45** 0.21** 0.39** 0.42** 0.30** 0.38** 0.47** 0.29** 0.33** 0.47** 0.34**
ΔSleep 0.27** 0.34** 0.33** 0.31** 0.47** 0.30** 0.37** 0.49** 0.30** 0.30** 0.57** 0.34**
ΔRelative Low Risk 0.25** 0.30** 0.19** 0.30** 0.34** 0.17* 0.41** 0.42** 0.34** 0.34** 0.44** 0.27**

Δ. Change in motives from corresponding follow-up being predicted minus baseline. Note: analyses control for baseline level of outcome variable. Positive scores indicate reduction in motives were associated with a reduction in outcomes.

MPI = cannabis problems, CUD = cannabis use disorder symptoms;

**

p<.01;

*

p<.05