ABSTRACT

Recreational marijuana continues to be legalized in U.S. states, with popular media discussing connections between cannabis and the facilitation of sexual activity. We conducted two surveys with adolescents and college students in Washington state to examine the role of viewing social media and pro-marijuana content on sex-related marijuana expectancies and intentions to use. In Study 1, among adolescents (N = 350), we found connections between social media use, exposure to pro-marijuana content, and sex-related marijuana expectancies, with boys’ sex-related marijuana expectancies predicting intentions to use marijuana. In Study 2, we expanded this research to college students (N = 966), with the addition of frequency of marijuana use as an outcome. For men, sex-related marijuana expectancies were negatively associated with marijuana use. Sex-related marijuana expectancies were not associated with intentions to use or use of marijuana among adolescent girls and college women. Our findings highlight how social media use is associated with increased exposure to pro-marijuana content for adolescents and college students, and how such content is associated with sex-related marijuana expectancies. The mixed relationships in our data between sex-related marijuana expectancies and intentions and use highlight potential gender and developmental differences.

摘要

娱乐用大麻继续在美国各州合法化，大众媒体讨论大麻与促进性活动之间的联系。我们对华盛顿州的青少年和大学生进行了两项调查，以研究查看社交媒体和支持大麻的内容对与性相关的大麻预期和使用意图的作用。在研究 1 中，在青少年 ( N = 350) 中，我们发现社交媒体使用、接触支持大麻的内容和与性有关的大麻预期之间存在联系，而男孩与性有关的大麻预期可以预测使用大麻的意图。在研究 2 中，我们将这项研究扩展到大学生（N= 966），结果增加了使用大麻的频率。对于男性来说，与性有关的大麻预期与大麻使用呈负相关。与性有关的大麻预期与青春期女孩和大学女性使用或使用大麻的意图无关。我们的研究结果强调了社交媒体的使用如何与青少年和大学生更多地接触大麻内容相关，以及这些内容如何与与性相关的大麻预期相关联。我们数据中与性相关的大麻预期和意图以及使用之间的混合关系突出了潜在的性别和发展差异。