Individuals may drink or use cannabis to cope with social anxiety, and drinking or using cannabis prior to social situations (e.g., pregaming) may be a way to limit the experience of anxiety when entering social settings. However, theoretical and empirical work has reported mixed associations between social anxiety and substance use, specifically alcohol and cannabis. Little work has looked at how other variables, such as impulsivity (a central component to high risk drinking such as pregaming), may shed light onto these mixed findings. College students who reported past year pregaming (n = 363) completed self-report surveys. Supporting prior work, we found that social anxiety was associated with fewer pregaming days, even among those high in sensation seeking. However, those reporting higher social anxiety also reported higher cannabis use during pregaming, specifically among those who reported high sensation seeking and high positive urgency. Results suggest specific facets of impulsivity may affect the association between social anxiety and cannabis use during high risk drinking events.

个人可能会饮用或使用大麻来应对社交焦虑，在社交场合（例如游戏前）之前饮用或使用大麻可能是一种限制进入社交环境时焦虑体验的方式。然而，理论和实证工作报告了社交焦虑和物质使用之间的混合关联，特别是酒精和大麻。很少有研究关注其他变量，例如冲动性（游戏前等高风险饮酒的一个核心组成部分）如何解释这些混合的发现。报告过去一年赛前情况的大学生 (n = 363) 完成了自我报告调查。支持先前的工作，我们发现社交焦虑与更少的游戏前天数有关，即使在那些寻求感觉的人中也是如此。然而，那些报告社交焦虑程度更高的人也报告说，在游戏前使用大麻的情况也更多，特别是那些报告高度寻求感觉和高度积极紧迫感的人。结果表明，冲动的特定方面可能会影响高风险饮酒事件期间社交焦虑和大麻使用之间的关联。