Alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use: Relationships to undergraduate students' creative achievement

Author(s): Dana, R. Q.

Journal/Book: J Coll Stud Develop. 1998; 39: 1 Dupont Circle, Ste 300, Washington, DC 20036-1110. Amer College Personnel Assoc. 472-483.

Abstract: The researchers examined the relationship between 176 undergraduates' responses to the Creative Behavior Inventory (Hocevar, 1979) and the Core Alcohol and Drug Survey (Presley, Meilman, & Lyerla, 1994). A majority of participants were female (56.7%), and students identified themselves as 92.9% Caucasian, 2.4% Native American, 1.8% African American, and 3.0% other ethnic group or groups. The age at which students first used specific drugs was negatively or negligibly related to creative achievement, and past use of drugs was generally not significantly correlated with creative achievement. However limited evidence of a social expectancy effect was found (i.e., past creative achievement was correlated positively with current marijuana and female tobacco use and negatively with male alcohol use).

Note: Article Plucker JA, Indiana Univ, 201 N Rose Ave, Bloomington,IN 47405 USA

Keyword(s): SOCIAL DRINKERS; SUBSTANCE USE; DRUG-USE; DRINKING; SMOKING; ADOLESCENTS; COGNITION; NICOTINE; EXPECTANCIES; INTOXICATION

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