Personality and social factors in adolescent marijuana use: A path-analytic study

Obtained measures of the following variables from 193 high school students: marihuana use, attitude toward marihuana use, the peer-acceptance and symbolic-protest function of marihuana use, sociopolitical outlook, and internal sensation seeking. Path analysis supported a model that assumes the follo...

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Published in:	Journal of consulting and clinical psychology Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 366 - 367
Main Authors:	Kohn, Paul M, Annis, Helen M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States American Psychological Association 01-04-1978
Subjects:	Adolescent Cannabinoids Cannabis Use Drug Usage Attitudes Female Human Humans Male Peer Relations Personality Political Attitudes Sensation Seeking Social Acceptance Social Behavior Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
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Summary:	Obtained measures of the following variables from 193 high school students: marihuana use, attitude toward marihuana use, the peer-acceptance and symbolic-protest function of marihuana use, sociopolitical outlook, and internal sensation seeking. Path analysis supported a model that assumes the following: (a) Only attitude affects use directly. (b) Both the peer-acceptance and symbolic-protest functions, as well as sociopolitical outlook and internal sensation seeking, influence attitude directly. (c) Sociopolitical outlook affects both functions directly. Support for the model came from very close correspondence between the observed and predicted correlations and the low, nonsignificant value of the overidentification test statistic.
ISSN:	0022-006X 1939-2117
DOI:	10.1037/0022-006X.46.2.366