LaDriere M L, Odell R E, Pesys E
J Psychol. 1975 Nov;91(2d Half):297-307. doi: 10.1080/00223980.1975.9923956.
The present study investigated the meaning of the concept of marijuana as measured by both a semantic differential rating scale and a questionnaire. The responses of 100 male and female high school students (50 users, 50 nonusers) indicated that marijuana usage was primarily related to the pleasure of the high, while abstinence was associated with potential harmfulness of the drug to health and practical situational factors. The general response profile corresponded closely to that of a parallel college sample reported in an earlier study by LaDriere and Szczepkowski, suggesting that neither age and educational level nor sex constituted meaningful variables in drug use motivation. Finally the hypothesis that motivational factors specifically associated with adolescent dynamics--including needs for independence, social acceptance, and adventure--might influence the data of the high school sample was not confirmed.
本研究通过语义差异评定量表和问卷调查，探究了大麻概念的含义。100名男女高中生（50名使用者，50名非使用者）的回答表明，使用大麻主要与兴奋的快感有关，而 abstinence 则与药物对健康的潜在危害和实际情境因素有关。总体反应情况与LaDriere和Szczepkowski早期研究中报道的类似大学样本的情况密切相符，这表明年龄、教育水平和性别在药物使用动机方面均不是有意义的变量。最后，与青少年动态特别相关的动机因素——包括对独立、社会认可和冒险的需求——可能影响高中样本数据这一假设未得到证实。
原文中“abstinence”未翻译，因为不确定其准确含义，可能是“节制”“禁欲”等意思，这里保留英文以便准确传达原文信息。
