APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Associations Between Marijuana Use, Marijuana Expectancies, and Hypersexuality Among an Undergraduate Sample

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Clinical Science

  • Melissa Slavin
    University at Albany
  • Shane Kraus
    VISN 1 MIRECC
  • Anthony Ecker
    Baylor College of Medicine
  • Kristin Dukes
    Simmons College
  • Gretchen Blycker
    University of Rhode Island
  • Marc Potenza
    Yale University School of Medicine
  • Carolyn Sartor
    Yale School of Medicine
  • Dawn Foster
    Yale School of Medicine

Abstract

The current study examined links between marijuana use, marijuana expectancies, and hypersexuality among 137 undergraduates. Past three-month marijuana use and hypersexuality were correlated with perceptual and cognitive enhancement, social and sexual facilitation, craving and physical effect expectancies. After adjusting for gender, perceptual and cognitive enhancement expectancies predicted hypersexuality among undergraduates.

Sexuality/Sexual Behavior

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