ICPS

2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023

Sex Differences in Opioid Misuse Among Adults with Chronic Lower Back Pain: The Impact of Negative Affect and Opioid-Use Motives

Brussels, Belgium · March 2023

poster · Clinical Science

  • Julia Buckner
    Louisiana State University
  • Caroline Scherzer
    Louisiana State University
  • Paige Morris
    Louisiana State University
  • Andrew Rogers
    University of Houston
  • Michael Zvolensky
    University of Houston

Abstract

Among 207 adults with chronic lower back pain who use opioids, men endorsed more anxiety, depression, opioid misuse, and enhancement, coping, and social motives than women. Men endorsed more severe opioid misuse via the serial effects of anxiety and these motives and depression and coping (not enhancement, social) motives.

Addiction