Year: 2004
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study examined selected potential moderators and mediators of the \nassociation between marijuana and other drugs. A sample of University of Texas at \nAustin students, 219 of whom were marijuana users and 47 of whom were non-marijuana \nusers, filled out questionnaires that examined their use of various drugs, as well as their \nfamily backgrounds, levels of depression and anxiety, personalities, and peer \nrelationships. Results indicated that peer influence and personalities related to behavioral \ndisinhibition did not moderate or mediate the association between marijuana and other \ndrugs. Peer influence was the strongest predictor of both marijuana and other drug use, \nand parenting styles, discipline, depression, and anxiety were not significantly associated \nwith marijuana and drug use. Personality related to behavioral disinhibition was \nassociated with drugs when singularly regressed onto measures of drug use, but not when \nsimultaneously regressed onto drug use with marijuana use. Furthermore, participants in \nthe current study used marijuana before they used other illicit drugs. The implications of \nthese findings for substance abuse prevention and treatment are discussed and \nsuggestions for teachers, psychologists and other mental health professionals working in \nthese environments are offered.
Author: Michael Bergman
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2117920926