RAZLIKOVANJE PREDIKTORA RAZLIČITIH STADIJA KORIŠTENJA MARIHUANE
DISTINCTION OF PREDICTORS FOR DIFFERENT CANNABIS USE STAGES

Author(s): Tea Vučina
Contributor(s): Jelena Vojčić (Translator)
Subject(s): Behaviorism, Substance abuse and addiction
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: risk factors; protective factors; abstinents; cannabis use stages;
Summary/Abstract: Mechanisms that influence the formation of stages in the use of addictive substances are not sufficiently explained yet. Aim: This research tries to clarify which factors have a role of predictors for transition on certain cannabis use stages. Multistage social learning model have been used as theoretical base. Material and methods: This research includes 834 students of third and fourth grade of secondary schools in Mostar. The sample is stratified concerning religious orientation, type of school and age. Battery tests have been formed for the needs of this research, predictor variables are expressed by shorter scales, and use of cannabis by adapted scale from the research “Monitoring the Future”. Results: By implementation of stepwise discriminant analysis it is confirmed that predictors for transition from one cannabis use stage to the other are different. Predictors for transition from abstinence to experimental consummation are: peer pressure for cannabis use, cannabis used by friends and unjustified absences. Predictors for transition from experimental to recreational use are: friends who use cannabis, commitment to school and planning of the activities. Friends who use cannabis and self-control are predictors for transition from recreational use to abuse. Conclusion: Distinction in factors, which best discriminate different cannabis use stages, has been confirmed. Findings concerning the distinction of predictors for recreational consummation and cannabis abuse are preliminary and further model development is possible.

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