Values and Drug Use Among College Students.

摘要

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)