title: Interpersonal effects of marijuana. A model for the study of interpersonal psychopharmacology.
abstract: The effect of marijuana on affective changes and interpersonal skills, including empathy, acceptance, warmth, and genuineness, was studied in 20 dyadic relationships in which the experimental subject smoking marijuana containing 6 mg of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and a placebo in separate trials. Marijuana caused a relative decrease in the ratings of the interpersonal skills of the experimental subjects and decreased affective resonance between the experimental subjects and their partners.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect / Q000187:drug effects*; D001007:Anxiety; D002188:Cannabis; D003863:Depression; D013759:Dronabinol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012107:Research Design; D012919:Social Behavior
chemical_list: D013759:Dronabinol