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A Further Comparison of Cannabis (Marijuana) Users and Non‐Users
Author(s) -
Wells Brian,
Stacey Barrie
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
british journal of addiction to alcohol and other drugs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0007-0890
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1976.tb00074.x
Subject(s) - psychoticism , cannabis , neuroticism , personality , psychology , psychiatry , anxiety , drug , clinical psychology , interpersonal communication , drug misuse , big five personality traits , extraversion and introversion , social psychology
Summary This paper is concerned with the hypothesis that individuals who take cannabis occasionally or even regularly differ little in personality from those who do not partake. Data were obtained from a field study of the prevalence of drug misuse among 2809 young Glasgow people. Cannabis was the most frequently used illegal drug among the drug takers, though multi‐drug misuse proved to be far more common than single‐drug misuse. On the basis of group comparisons, increasing involvement with cannabis was found to be related to (a) increasingly elevated levels of anxiety, neuroticism and psychoticism; (b) increasingly frequent difficulties with interpersonal relationships; (c) employment problems; and (d) an increasing emphasis on drinking liquor. In terms of personality characteristics, female occasional takers of cannabis differ rather more from non‐misusers than male occasional takers. The results indicate that non‐misusers, occasional takers, and regular takers of cannabis differ in personality characteristics.