title: Predicting Self-Initiated Marijuana Use Cessation among Youth at Continuation High Schools.
abstract: The current article reports a large scale study of the prediction of marijuana use cessation among individuals attending alternative high schools who were regular users at baseline. Based on the Triadic Influence Theory, predictors of marijuana use cessation at 1-year follow-up were organized by type of influence (e.g., interpersonal, cultural and attitudinal, and intrapersonal) and level of influence (e.g., distal and ultimate). Among the 522 students who were past 30-day marijuana users at baseline, quitting was defined as having not used marijuana in the last 30 days at 1-year follow-up (43% of baseline users). To account for the level of influence we employed a theory-based analytic strategy, hierarchical regression. In the final multivariate model, lower level of baseline marijuana use and less of a likelihood to endorse pro-drug-use myths remained predictors of marijuana use cessation 1-year later. Implications of these findings include the need to develop cessation programs that reduce psychological dependence on marijuana use, and correct cognitive misperceptions about drug use in order to help adolescents make decisions that lead to health-promoting behaviors.
authors.affiliation: University of Hawai'i Cancer Center , Honolulu, HI , USA.
authors.forename: Melissa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Spruijt-Metz
authors.forename: Pallav
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pokhrel
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Louise Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Rohrbach
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sussman
keywords: adolescents; cannabis; cessation; marijuana; predictors; self-initiated; youth
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