Table 4.
Descriptive statistics and t-test results for differences in motive subscales between RCUs and MCUs.
| Motive subscales | Total sample | RCUs | MCUs | T | p | Cohens | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||||
| Enjoyment | 11.08 | 3.54 | 12.66 | 2.51 | 9.52 | 3.72 | −6.284 | <0.001 | −0.990 |
| Conformity | 3.24 | 1.00 | 3.44 | 1.37 | 3.04 | 0.25 | −2.594 | 0.010 | −0.409 |
| Coping | 6.52 | 3.53 | 7.15 | 3.68 | 5.89 | 3.28 | −2.294 | 0.023 | −0.362 |
| Experimentation | 5.15 | 2.96 | 5.81 | 3.19 | 4.51 | 2.58 | −2.859 | 0.005 | −0.451 |
| Boredom | 5.83 | 3.38 | 7.18 | 3.68 | 4.51 | 2.41 | −5.448 | <0.001 | −0.859 |
| Alcohol | 3.88 | 2.03 | 4.32 | 2.32 | 3.43 | 1.60 | −2.852 | 0.005 | −0.449 |
| Celebration | 6.88 | 4.01 | 8.25 | 3.96 | 5.53 | 3.61 | −4.556 | <0.001 | −0.718 |
| Altered perception | 8.30 | 4.40 | 9.13 | 4.35 | 7.49 | 4.33 | −2.384 | 0.018 | −0.376 |
| Social anxiety | 7.68 | 4.42 | 7.55 | 4.48 | 7.82 | 4.38 | 0.379 | 0.705 | 0.060 |
| Low risk | 10.34 | 3.92 | 10.79 | 3.76 | 9.89 | 4.05 | −1.458 | 0.147 | −0.230 |
| Sleep | 9.67 | 4.14 | 8.89 | 4.42 | 10.43 | 3.72 | 2.401 | 0.017 | 0.379 |
| Availability | 5.33 | 2.73 | 5.94 | 3.02 | 4.74 | 2.29 | −2.840 | 0.005 | −0.448 |
RCU, Recreational Cannabis Users; MCU, Medical Cannabis Users.