Psychological Correlates of Marijuana Use: An Exploratory Study

Abstract

The study was concerned with social and emotional correlates of marijuana use. 85 undergraduate students were given a structured diary to fill out nightly for 1 wk. 24 Ss reporting use of marijuana during this period were compared in terms of (1) the days they used and did not use the drug and (2) with the group of 61 nonusers. While most comparisons showed only a small difference, there was a tendency for marijuana users to more frequently report sex desire on use days than nonuse days and to smoke cigarettes more often than the nonuse group.