Cannabis Beliefs: Extending The Discussion On Cannabis Motives, Cannabis Expectancies, And Cannabis Social Norms To Never Users And Non-Current Users

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dc.contributor.advisorNeighbors, Clayton
dc.contributor.committeeMemberZvolensky, Michael J.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKnee, C. Raymond
dc.creatorWeinstein, Andrew P.
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-6051-1625
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-15T23:35:07Z
dc.date.available2023-06-15T23:35:07Z
dc.date.createdMay 2023
dc.date.issued2023-05-22
dc.date.updated2023-06-15T23:35:08Z
dc.description.abstractCannabis has routinely been identified as one of the most frequently used illicit substances among adolescents, young adults, and the general adult population in the United States by large epidemiological studies. Recent policy changes in the legal status of cannabis have inspired calls for the replication of research and further exploration of the biopsychosocial relationships between cannabis use and outcomes. Theoretical psychological perspectives of behavior, such as outcome expectancies, social norms, and motivation, have found success in explaining why substance use occurs. Previous studies have suggested that there are underlying motivations, expectancies, and social norms for the discontinuing of cannabis use and maintenance of abstinence-oriented behaviors; presumably, these also exist within the population of lifetime abstinent individuals as well. The proposed study will seek to identify beliefs about cannabis in a process to construct a measure of cannabis-related beliefs. Two important types of validity for new assessment measure(s) are their unique content area, distinguishing them from existing measures (i.e. discriminant validity), and their ability to predict scores on other assessment measures (i.e. predictive validity). We will examine the relationships among cannabis-related beliefs in the context of social norms, expectancies, and motivation as well as their association with indicators of psychosocial well-being and cannabis-related consequences. Thus, results will indicate if the proposed cannabis belief scale(s) possesses construct and predictive validity. Future studies may identify unique associations between cannabis beliefs, psychosocial factors, or evidence of protective and risk factors for cannabis use and outcomes with prospective designs.
dc.description.departmentPsychology, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/14616
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectCannabis
dc.subjectBeliefs
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.subjectSubstance use
dc.subjectSocial norms
dc.subjectExpectancies
dc.subjectMotivation
dc.titleCannabis Beliefs: Extending The Discussion On Cannabis Motives, Cannabis Expectancies, And Cannabis Social Norms To Never Users And Non-Current Users
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentPsychology, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychology, Social
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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