Premium
THE INCIDENCE AND CORRELATES OF MARIHUANA USE IN AN AUSTRALIAN UNDERGRADUATE POPULATION
Author(s) -
Hasleton Simon
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb50564.x
Subject(s) - accommodation , extraversion and introversion , eysenck personality questionnaire , sample (material) , personality , psychology , population , variety (cybernetics) , the arts , social psychology , demography , big five personality traits , sociology , mathematics , art , visual arts , statistics , chemistry , chromatography , neuroscience
A random sample of first‐ and second‐year students in the Faculties of Arts and Science at the University of Sydney were questioned about marihuana use, and the social and academic correlates of their drug use were established. The sample was also tested on the Eysenck Personality Inventory and the Anderson and Western Student Attitude Inventory. Results indicate that about 18% of students have used marihuana at this stage of their career. The modal user is male, living away from home in shared accommodation. He is unlikely to have any formal religious affiliation, and he has been exposed to a variety of other drugs. Users tend to be somewhat extrovert, radical and open‐minded. Names and addresses of the sample are known, and subjects will be followed up for some years.