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Marijuana Message Channels, Health Knowledge, Law Knowledge, and Confidence in Knowledge as Risk and Protective Factors of Marijuana Use among College Students

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Title: Marijuana Message Channels, Health Knowledge, Law Knowledge, and Confidence in Knowledge as Risk and Protective Factors of Marijuana Use among College Students
Language: English
Authors: Sung-Yeon Park (ORCID 0000-0001-5205-7963), Claire Youngnyo Joa, Gi Woong Yun, Nora Constantino
Source: Journal of Drug Education. 2024 53(1-2):19-38.
Availability: SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 20
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Marijuana, Risk, Resilience (Psychology), College Students, Knowledge Level, Laws, Self Esteem, Peer Influence, Student Attitudes, Information Dissemination, Information Sources, Health Behavior, Correlation
DOI: 10.1177/00472379231217825
ISSN: 0047-2379
1541-4159
Abstract: Marijuana use among U.S. college students is the highest since the mid-1980s. Because knowledge about marijuana and confidence in the knowledge are related to changing marijuana laws and marijuana-related messages ubiquitous in college students' information environment, we examined their relationships with use. The Structural Equation Modeling method was used to analyze the relationships using survey responses from 249 college students in an adult-use marijuana legal state. Marijuana health knowledge was related to less use, and law knowledge was related to more use. Both relationships were mediated by perceived risk. Confidence in knowledge was related to more use directly as well as indirectly via lower peer disapproval and lower perceived risk. Among various marijuana message channels, peers were the most influential, contributing to lower health knowledge and higher confidence in knowledge.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: EJ1422745
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Marijuana use among U.S. college students is the highest since the mid-1980s. Because knowledge about marijuana and confidence in the knowledge are related to changing marijuana laws and marijuana-related messages ubiquitous in college students' information environment, we examined their relationships with use. The Structural Equation Modeling method was used to analyze the relationships using survey responses from 249 college students in an adult-use marijuana legal state. Marijuana health knowledge was related to less use, and law knowledge was related to more use. Both relationships were mediated by perceived risk. Confidence in knowledge was related to more use directly as well as indirectly via lower peer disapproval and lower perceived risk. Among various marijuana message channels, peers were the most influential, contributing to lower health knowledge and higher confidence in knowledge.
ISSN:0047-2379
1541-4159
DOI:10.1177/00472379231217825