Date of Award

1-1-2020

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Psychology

Program

Clinical Psychology

Content Description

1 online resource (iii, 49, pages)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Mitch Earleywine

Committee Members

Drew Anderson, Mallory Loflin

Keywords

Cannabis, Edibles, Harm reduction, Health literacy, College students, Cooking (Marijuana), Recreational marijuana use

Subject Categories

Psychology

Abstract

Cannabis use is a prevalent behavior among college students; however, less is known about edible cannabis use in this population. Available research indicates that college students are indeed using cannabis edibles, even in states where cannabis is not legalized for recreational use. The present study sought to assess the prevalence and knowledge of cannabis use in a college population and to assess the utility of a brief presentation on participant's knowledge and scores on an adopted measure of health literacy to assess the ability to read a manufactured cannabis edible label. Hypotheses predicted greater health literacy in experimental condition compared to the control condition, cannabis knowledge will be greater on posttest measures compared to pretest measures, pretest and posttest measures of current knowledge of edibles will be different for participants who have used versus have not used cannabis edibles prior, and prior use of cannabis in any form and prior edible cannabis use will predict greater health literacy. No difference was found in cannabis literacy between an experimental and control condition or on pre and post measures. Results did show significant differences in the scores of pre/post scores on subjective knowledge of edibles, differences on the pretest and posttest measures on current knowledge of edibles for those who have used versus have not used cannabis edibles prior, and prior cannabis use in any form and numeracy predicted higher levels of cannabis literacy. With an increasing number of states legalizing cannabis for medicinal and recreational purposes and with documented increases in edible use in college studies, understanding prevalence and knowledge in the population as well as the dissemination of harm reduction information is imperative.

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