Citation

Comello ML. J. Health Psychol. 2013; 20(1): 37-47.

Affiliation

University of North Carolina, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1359105313498107

PMID

23988681

Abstract

A study was conducted to examine the influence of a risk-oriented future self on self-reported marijuana use among college students. Drawing on theoretical work on possible selves, it was hypothesized that the extent to which a future self is viewed as risk-oriented will be associated with reported marijuana use and that effects of a risk-oriented future self on use would be partially mediated by risk-oriented attitudes and perceived attractiveness of users. Analysis of data from an online survey of college students supported hypotheses, with the additional finding that the effect of user attractiveness on use is mediated by attitudes.

Language: en