title: Predicting Alcohol, Cigarette, and Marijuana Use From Preferential Music Consumption.
abstract: This study investigated whether use of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana may be predicted from preferential consumption of particular music genres. Undergraduates (257 women and 78 men) completed a questionnaire assessing these variables. Partial correlation analyses, controlling for sensation-seeking tendencies and behaviors, revealed that listening to conventional music (pop, country, and religious genres) was negatively correlated with cigarette smoking (p=.001) and marijuana use (p<.001). Additionally, listening to energetic music (rap or hip-hop and soul or funk genres) was positively correlated with marijuana use (p=.004). The only significant predictor of alcohol use was country music, with which it was positively correlated (p=.04). This research suggests an especially harmful influence of energetic music on marijuana use.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA oberle@txstate.edu.
authors.forename: Crystal D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Oberle
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Javier A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Garcia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008385:Marijuana Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009146:Music; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: alcohol; marijuana; music preference; sensation seeking; smoking