Attitudes about cannabis mediate the relationship between cannabis knowledge and use in active adult athletes

Little is known about how cannabis knowledge and attitudes impact cannabis use behavior. To test the knowledge-attitudes-behavior paradigm in active adult athletes. The Athlete Pain, Exercise, and Cannabis Experience (PEACE) Survey, a cross-sectional survey study, used social media and email blasts...

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Published in:Journal of cannabis research 2020-05, Vol.2 (1), p.18-18, Article 18
Main Authors: Zeiger, Joanna S, Silvers, William S, Fleegler, Edward M, Zeiger, Robert S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Anxiety
Athletes
Attitudes
Cannabis
Cannabis education
Cluster analysis
Drug use
Knowledge
Medical cannabis
Medical marijuana
Mental disorders
Narcotics
Original Research
Pain
Pharmaceuticals
Prescription drugs
Social networks
Teenagers
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Summary:Little is known about how cannabis knowledge and attitudes impact cannabis use behavior. To test the knowledge-attitudes-behavior paradigm in active adult athletes. The Athlete Pain, Exercise, and Cannabis Experience (PEACE) Survey, a cross-sectional survey study, used social media and email blasts to recruit participants and SurveyGizmo to collect data. Self-defined active adult athletes (n = 1161). Knowledge about cannabis was evaluated with four questions. Attitudes toward cannabis was evaluated with 11 questions. The attitudes questions were used in a TwoStep Cluster analysis in SPSS to assign group membership by attitudes. Chi-square was used to determine if there were differences in cluster membership by demographic factors and if knowledge about cannabis differed by cluster membership. Regression analysis was performed to determine if cannabis attitudes mediated the relationship between cannabis knowledge and cannabis use. A three-cluster solution was the best fit to the data. The clusters were named Conservative (n = 374, 32.2%), Unsure (n = 533, 45.9%), and Liberal (n = 254, 21.9). There was a significant difference among the clusters for all 11 attitudes items (all p 
ISSN:2522-5782
2522-5782
DOI:10.1186/s42238-020-00023-3