Table 1.
How often do you use cannabis: | Never % |
Seldom % |
Occasionally % |
Frequently % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Social Facilitation (n=310) | ||||
with a small group of friends? | 2.2 | 23.8 | 38.7 | 35.3 |
to have a good time? | 4.5 | 25.3 | 37.9 | 32.3 |
on a college campus (e.g., at parties, in dormitories, at fraternities or sororities)? | 12.9 | 31.2 | 30.9 | 25.0 |
on weekend nights? | 2.8 | 37.6 | 35.7 | 23.9 |
when you have no class or obligations the next morning? | 15.7 | 36.1 | 27.5 | 20.7 |
at a party with friends? | 6.7 | 42.5 | 31.8 | 19.0 |
while driving around? | 33.8 | 25.4 | 23.2 | 17.6 |
on week nights? | 20.2 | 39.5 | 24.1 | 16.2 |
when a friend from home visits for the weekend? | 25.3 | 36.2 | 22.8 | 15.7 |
in a parked car? | 22.9 | 35.2 | 29.6 | 12.3 |
with a large group of friends? | 19.0 | 47.1 | 23.5 | 10.4 |
before “going out” (i.e., to a party or bar)? | 49.6 | 29.4 | 11.2 | 9.8 |
while driving or riding in a car to another night spot? | 48.6 | 28.4 | 14.0 | 9.0 |
Peer Acceptance (n=249) | ||||
because it's cool? | 80.7 | 13.4 | 2.0 | 3.9 |
to be part of a group (e.g., to be accepted, fit in and not feel left out)? | 73.9 | 18.2 | 5.3 | 2.5 |
to get someone's approval (e.g., a close friend, a boyfriend or girlfriend)? | 84.8 | 11.2 | 2.8 | 1.1 |
to maintain your image? | 85.4 | 8.7 | 4.8 | 1.1 |
to act older and/or feel more grown up? | 90.4 | 7.1 | 1.8 | 0.7 |
Emotional Pain (n=315) | ||||
to get rid of depression? | 64.4 | 20.3 | 11.3 | 4.0 |
to forget about personal problems? | 58.1 | 26.4 | 11.5 | 3.9 |
to forget about academic problems? | 64.5 | 23.7 | 8.7 | 3.1 |
Sex-Seeking (n=320) | ||||
to reduce inhibitions? | 70.9 | 19.9 | 7.6 | 1.7 |
to make it easier to go to bed with someone? | 90.2 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 0.8 |
to build up courage to talk to someone of the opposite sex? | 85.7 | 11.2 | 2.5 | 0.6 |
Sample sizes vary due to missing data on individual scale items.