Undergraduate Marijuana Use and Anger

Abstract

The Anger Expression Scale and a questionnaire regarding marijuana usage were administered to 497 undergraduate college students enrolled at a rural university in the midwestern United States. Four levels of marijuana use were defined by the questionnaire: nonuser, occasional user, frequent user, and daily user. No significant main effect was found on the Anger-In or Total Anger Expression scales, but differences among the four levels of use were noted on the Anger-Out scale. The trend analysis showed a significant linear trend for the Anger-Out and Total Anger Expression scales. Implications of these findings are discussed.

Psychological Factors Related to Drug Use in College Athletes

“…Despite the fact that no significant differences regarding marijuana use were found between users and non-users in this study, some parallels between the two studies can be made. Specifically, Stoner (1987) found that anger scores were significantly higher among the high users of marijuana as compared to the low/non-users.…”

“…Marijuana users displayed aggression when angry and that aggression was taken out on other people and the environment when the marijuana use increased (Stoner, 1987). LSD users also had problems with aggression (Welpton, 1968), and anabolic steroid users displayed a variety of aggressive behaviors such as hostility and violence (Chaikin & Telander, 1988;Taylor, 1985).…”

“…For example, aggression has been found in frequent marijuana users when they have become angry, and this anger became worse as the marijuana use increased (Stoner, 1987). In the world of sports, aggressive behaviors such as explosive hostility, violence, excessive energy and desire to train intensely have been found among anabolic steroid users (Chaikin & Telander, 1988;Taylor, 1985).…”

Exploring the Relationship Between Social Interest, Social Bonding, and Collegiate Substance Abuse

“…Measures of marijuana use with college samples often produce categories of users ranging from nonusers to heavy/daily users (Stoner, 1988). To measure marijuana use, we used the Marijuana Use Index in which participants report how frequently they currently ingest marijuana (over past year), as well as if they have used marijuana in their lifetime.…”

“…To measure marijuana use, we used the Marijuana Use Index in which participants report how frequently they currently ingest marijuana (over past year), as well as if they have used marijuana in their lifetime. Participants were then classified into five groups adapted from the categorization pattern of Stoner (1988): nonusers (i.e., never tried marijuana), past users (i.e., tried but have not used in the last year), occasional users (i.e., less than one time per week), frequent users (i.e., one to five times per week), and daily users (i.e., at least one time per day). In our study, 114 of the total sample of 300 students (38%) were categorized as nonusers, 66 (22%) as past users, 72 (24%) as occasional users, 24 (8%) as frequent users, and 24 (8%) as daily users.…”