Skip to main content
. 2023 Jan 13;13:709. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-27592-6

Table 1.

Descriptive date of the sample.

N M SD
Age 441 24.24 5.55
Gender (male/female) 235/205
Level of educationa 7/29/177/163/65
Employment (employed, in training/unemployed) 395/46
Mental disorder diagnosis (yes/no/unknown) 66/333/42
Cannabis use parameters
Age at onset (years) 441 15.93 2.49
Time since last dose (days) 441 185.81 712.23
Abstinence time last year (weeks) 441 20.61 18.31
Average frequency of use (units per month) 441 21.66 56.51
Duration of regular use (month) 441 26.27 47.61
Use of other substances (yes/no) 348/93
Motivational stages
Intention for abstinence (no/intention/cessation) 150/186/105
Actual use of cannabis (yes/no) 336/105
SOCRATES: Taking steps 441 2.36 0.95
SOCRATES: Ambivalenz 441 2.52 1.08
SOCRATES: Recognition 441 2.05 0.89
Cannabis intoxication effects
CanTox: Psychosis-like/loss of reality 441 1.56 0.64
CanTox: Paranoia/dysphoria 441 2.26 0.78
CanTox: Confusion/disorientation 441 2.97 0.77
CanTox: Euphoria/creativity 441 3.40 0.78
Craving
CCS-7: Reward craving 441 3.87 1.99
CCS-7: Relief craving 441 2.58 1.44

aElementary school degree after grade 9/intermediate school degreee after grade 10/A-level grade 13/University degrees/Apprenticeship; CanTox, Cannabis-intoxication questionnaire; CCS-7, Cannabis Craving Screening with 7 items; SOCRATES, Questionnaire assessing motivational stages; N, frequency, M, mean value, SD, standard deviation.