Personality and Non-Medical Use of Drugs
- 1 February 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 46 (1) , 103-110
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1980.46.1.103
Abstract
A plethora of studies have indicated marihuana users differ from nonusers on a variety of personality dimensions. The direction of these differences and their interpretation vary from report to report depending on the samples, the measures, and the orientation of both authors and readers. The present study examined the relationships between extent of non-medical use of drugs and Personality Research Form (Jackson, 1974) scores of 24 males. Little evidence was found that would justify the acceptance of either a positive or a negative stereotype of a person who participates in non-medical drug use.Keywords
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