Marihuana Use and Achievement Orientations of College Students

Psychosocial resources, adolescent risk behaviour and young adult adjustment: is risk taking more dangerous for some than others?

“…less than 3% explained variance). Other studies have found no reliable consequences, whether negative or positive, of adolescent substance use on young adult outcomes, except that individuals who engaged in more risk behaviour during their adolescence were more likely to use illegal drugs and drive after drinking during young adulthood (Miranne, 1979;Kandel et al, 1987;Power and Estaugh, 1990;Jessor et al, 1991). Jessor et al (1991) concluded that in their samples, followed for more than a decade, "problem behaviour in adolescence/ youth appear[ed] not to have 'spilled over' into other areas of young adult life, or to have compromised attainment and satisfaction, or to have mortgaged the futures of the young people" (p. 268).…”

Drug abuse and the American adolescent

“…While not a demographic variable in the same way as the other categorical constructs, academic achievement has been studied frequently as a predictor, correlate, and outcome of adolescent drug use. Overall findings are inconsistent; some studies find lower levels of school achievement (usually grade point average) associated with marijuana use (Simon 1974;Anhalt and Klein 1976;Jessor 1976), while others find no relationship (McCann et al 1977;Miranne 1979;Simon et al 1974). An important factor in the discrepancy seems to be age of the sample.…”