Values and Drug Use Among College Students.

Abstract

One hundred three junior college students were administered questionnaires obtaining information about illicit drug use and selected personality variables from Rotter's Social Learning Theory (Rotter, 1954). It was hypothesized that nonusers would place higher values on Recognition-Achievement and Peer Affection goals while drug users would place higher values on Independence goals. It was further hypothesized that among drug users a pattern of drug use defined as problematic would be positively associated with Independence values and negatively associated with Recognition-Achievement and Peer Affection values. Statistical significance was obtained only between values for Independence and problematic drug use although several supporting trends were also found. Results were discussed in terms of recent findings with attention paid to the possible uniqueness of Independence goals in drug use research. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA061605

Entities

People

  • Robert D. Hindelang

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alcoholic Beverages
  • Drug Abuse
  • Drug Users
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Hallucinogens
  • Human Behavior
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Motivation
  • Personality
  • Prejudice
  • Psychology
  • Schools
  • Social Problems
  • Students
  • Theses
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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