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The Role of Study and Work in Cannabis Use and Dependence Trajectories among Young Adult Frequent Cannabis Users

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Psychiatry, January 2013
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Title
The Role of Study and Work in Cannabis Use and Dependence Trajectories among Young Adult Frequent Cannabis Users
Published in
Frontiers in Psychiatry, January 2013
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00085
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Authors

Nienke Liebregts, Peggy van der Pol, Margriet Van Laar, Ron de Graaf, Wim van den Brink, Dirk J. Korf

Abstract

Life course theory considers events in study and work as potential turning points in deviance, including illicit drug use. This qualitative study explores the role of occupational life in cannabis use and dependence in young adults. Two and three years after the initial structured interview, 47 at baseline frequent cannabis users were interviewed in-depth about the dynamics underlying changes in their cannabis use and dependence. Overall, cannabis use and dependence declined, including interviewees who quit using cannabis completely, in particular with students, both during their study and after they got employed. Life course theory appeared to be a useful framework to explore how and why occupational life is related to cannabis use and dependence over time. Our study showed that life events in this realm are rather common in young adults and can have a strong impact on cannabis use. While sometimes changes in use are temporary, turning points can evolve from changes in educational and employment situations; an effect that seems to be related to the consequences of these changes in terms of amount of leisure time and agency (i.e., feelings of being in control).

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 3%
Unknown 66 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 11 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 12%
Student > Master 7 10%
Student > Bachelor 5 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 6%
Other 10 15%
Unknown 23 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 13 19%
Psychology 10 15%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 4%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 4%
Other 8 12%
Unknown 27 40%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 52. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 October 2020.
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#703,794
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Outputs from Frontiers in Psychiatry
#356
of 10,195 outputs
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#5,704
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Psychiatry
#16
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