The Theory of Reasoned Action: Influences on College Students’ Behaviors Regarding Recently Legalized Recreational Marijuana in the State of Nevada
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Spence, Tory H.
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2018
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Using the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), which states that the behaviors of an individual result from their attitude about the behavior and the subjective norm associated with the behavior (Ajzen & Fishbein, 2002), this study examines whether patterns of marijuana use are associated with constructs from the TRA among college students in Nevada after recreational marijuana legalization. Using data from a survey of 844 University of Nevada, Reno students, I calculated frequencies and used chi-squared tests to compare the independent variables across marijuana use patterns: never used, used before the law legalizing recreational marijuana but not after, used after the law but not before, and used before and after the law. Marijuana use patterns were statistically associated with TRA constructs and students who only used after the law as well as those who used before and after the law had more favorable attitudes and subjective norms regarding marijuana use and lower perceived risk of marijuana use than those who never used or only used before the law.
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