Examining Interactions Within the Theory of Planned Behavior in the Prediction of Intentions to Engage in Cannabis-related Driving Behaviors

Overview

Journal J Am Coll Health

Publisher Routledge

Specialty Health Services

Date 2019 Jan 26

PMID 30681931

Citations 13

Authors

Andrew M Earle

Lucy E Napper

Joseph W LaBrie

Ashley Brooks-Russell

Daniel J Smith

Jennifer de Rutte

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Abstract

As marijuana use becomes more available to college students through increasing legal reform, this paper seeks to examine intentions for driving under the influence of cannabis (DUIC) and riding with a high driver (RWHD) through the lens of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and assess potential interactions between personal attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control (PBC), and sex. Undergraduate college students ( = 311) completed online surveys in September, 2013. Participants self-reported their attitudes toward DUIC, subjective norms, PBC, past DUIC and RWHD, and intentions to DUIC and RWHD. Participants' attitudes toward DUIC, subjective norms, and PBC were strongly associated with intentions to DUIC and RWHD bivariately. In regression models, attitudes and PBC were both positively and significantly related to intentions to DUIC and RWHD. DUIC and RWHD are concerns for college populations. Targeting personal attitudes and perceived behavioral control via interventions may reduce these behaviors.

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