Publication Date
5-2009
Advisor(s) - Committee Chair
Dr. Steve Groce (Director),Dr. Amy Krull,Dr. Matt Pruitt
Degree Program
Department of Sociology
Degree Type
Master of Arts
Abstract
This study is a qualitative examination of twenty current and former users of marijuana, using in-depth interviews as the units of analysis. The relationship between the participants’ perceived costs and rewards, type and amount of linguistic accounts used, as well as frequency of use are explored using Homans' exchange theory and Lyman and Scott’s theory of accounts. Reasons for continuation, regulation, and cessation of use are also studied. It is found that the participants use marijuana for a varied amount of reasons; these reasons directly influence how they account for their behavior as well as their frequency of use, particularly whether or not they use marijuana on a daily basis.
Disciplines
Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies | Social Psychology and Interaction | Sociology
Recommended Citation
Bevier, Landon Shane, "Marijuana Users in Their Own Words: Explaining the Continuation and Cessation of Habitual Marijuana Use" (2009). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 73.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/73
Included in
Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies Commons, Social Psychology and Interaction Commons