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Ungdomar och Cannabis: en enkätstudie om tredjeårselever på gymnasiet i en medelstor kommun
University West, Department of Social and Behavioural Studies, Division of Social Pedagogy and Sociology.
2014 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Adolescents and Cannabis : a questionnaire study on third year students in high school in a medium-sized municipality (English)
Abstract [sv]

Ungdomar sägs idag vara allt mer positivt inställda till cannabis och att deras cannabisbruk ökar. Detta rapporteras mycket i media men det finns även med i ett flertal forskningsartiklar. Det som beskylls ligga till grund för denna positiva cannabissyn menas vara ungdomarnas mediekonsumtion och ökade internet användande. Ungdomarnas cannabis syn kan vara viktig att undersöka för att kunna arbeta bättre preventivt.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur ungdomar ser på cannabisbruk och hur olika variabler i deras liv gör att de skiljer sig åt i sitt cannabisbruk. Undersökningen genomfördes med hjälp av en kvantitativ enkät som delades ut till ca:30 % av tredjeårseleverna på en gymnasieskola. Enkäten tolkades efter insamlingen med hjälp av en korstabellanalys och för att se om det fanns något beroende mellan de olika variablerna så användes chi2-test. Studien visade att män och ungdomar som tidigare brukat cannabis har en positivare syn på cannabis än kvinnor och de som inte hade brukat cannabis

Abstract [en]

Young people today are said to be more positive to cannabis and that their cannabis use increases. This is reported in the media but it is also featured in numerous research articles. What is said to be behind adolescents increased positive view on cannabis is their media consumption and increased use of the Internet. Adolescent’s cannabis views may be important to investigate in order to get better prevention work.

The purpose of this study is to examine how youth looks at the use of cannabis and how different variables in their lives make them differ in their use of cannabis. The survey was conducted using a quantitative questionnaire which was distributed to approximately 30 % of the third year students in a secondary school. The questionnaire was interpreted after collection using a cross-table analysis and to see if there was any dependence between the variables a chi2-test was used. The study showed that men and adolescents who had used cannabis has a more positive view on cannabis than women and those who had not used cannabis

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2014. , p. 53
Keywords [en]
Adolescents, Cannabis, Prevention, Class, Reflexivity
Keywords [sv]
Ungdomar, Cannabis, Prevention, Klass, Reflexivitet
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Sociology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-6534Local ID: ESC500OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-6534DiVA, id: diva2:740043
Subject / course
Social work
Educational program
Socialpedagogik
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Available from: 2014-08-25 Created: 2014-08-22 Last updated: 2014-08-25Bibliographically approved

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