Abstract

PORFIRIO, Jonas Caio Costa  and  FREITAS, Lucas Cordeiro. Moderate Cannabis Use in College Students and Social Skills. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.2, pp. 768-785. ISSN 1808-4281.  http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/epp.2021.61068.

Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in the world. In view of the high prevalence of use, it is essential to study the use of this drug and its possible relationship with social skills. Some studies suggested that users could have deficits in relation to non-users, however others did not find that users would have a deficit repertoire. Therefore, the objectives of this study were (i) to compare the social skills repertoire of university cannabis users and non-users, and (ii) to investigate the relationship between social skills of undergraduate cannabis users and the variables: frequency of use in the last month, quantity of cigarettes per occasion and age of onset of use. 30 cannabis users and 30 non-users participated in the study. The Social Skill Inventory, Dependency Severity Scale and a questionnaire on variables related to the pattern of use were used. In the results, no significant differences were found between the group of users and non-users. The frequency of use in the last month was positively related to factors Self-affirmation and global social skills. It can be concluded that moderate cannabis users do not have a deficit repertoire of social skill compared to non-users.

Keywords : cannabis; social skills; drug use.

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