ArticleJournal of cannabis research2020
Attitudes about cannabis mediate the relationship between cannabis knowledge and use in active adult athletes.
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- Cannabidiol use among elite-level Canadian athletes: the pursuit of improved sleep, pain relief, and enhanced recovery.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Perceptions, Attitudes, and Knowledge of Cannabis and its Use: A Qualitative Study among Herbal Heart Study Young Adult Cannabis Consumers in South Florida.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Impact of cannabis knowledge and attitudes on real-world practice.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2022Article
- Development of scales to measure Lebanese university students' perceived knowledge about and attitudes about cannabis use: initial psychometric properties.Journal of cannabis research · 2022Article
- Identifying archetypal cannabis consumers to inform drug policy design: a Q-sort assessment of young adults' attitudes in Mexico City's metropolitan area.Journal of cannabis research · 2022Article
- Attitudes to Cannabis Use and Public Prevention Information Among Young Adults: A Qualitative Interview Study With Implications for Prevention Practice.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- A content analysis of internet information sources on medical cannabis.Journal of cannabis research · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundLittle is known about how cannabis knowledge and attitudes impact cannabis use behavior.
objectiveTo test the knowledge-attitudes-behavior paradigm in active adult athletes.
designThe 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.
participantsSelf-defined active adult athletes (n = 1161). MAIN MEASURES: 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. KEY
resultsA 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 < 0.001). Attitude cluster membership was significantly different by age (p < 0.001), primary sport (p < 0.05), and knowledge about cannabis (p < 0.001). Athletes in the liberal cluster answered the knowledge questions correctly most often. Attitudes mediated the relationship between cannabis knowledge and cannabis use [Never (32.4%), Past (41.6%), Current (26.0%)] with athletes in the liberal cluster showing more knowledge and greater likelihood to be a current cannabis user (p < 0.001). Among current cannabis users there were differential patterns of cannabis use depending on their attitudes and knowledge; liberal athletes tended to co-use THC and CBD and used cannabis longer. (p < 0.001).
conclusionsCannabis education needs to consider attitudes about cannabis, especially among those who might benefit from medical cannabis.
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