The Correlation Between Cannabis Use, Personality, and Psychological Well Being

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Nicolas Petrecca

College:
College of Liberal Arts

Major:
Psychology

Faculty Research Advisor(s):
Jane O’Brien

Abstract:
The research is centered around an association of variance between cannabis use, the Five-Factor Model of personality, and psychological well-being. Cannabis becoming legalized is a relatively new event and while we have a good understanding of what cannabis does in the brain, there has been minimal research conducted on the effects on personality in addition to psychological well being. The study aimed to question a multifaceted approach and not only examine cannabis users, but non cannabis users. Cannabis users were also subdivided in three categories; medicinal, self medicinal, and recreational. The study examined the relationship cannabis had with personality traits and if any of the five in OCEAN had commonality and exposed at risk individuals. Psychological well being was also a point of interest and the results were cross examined with the personality traits results of both cannabis and non cannabis users to extrapolate if cannabis may be an intervention method with regards to personality factors. Results were gathered using a self-report online survey method and the sample was gathered using convenience.


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