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studies suggest cannabis use does not birth lazy teens and college students

“our findings do not support a relationship between cannabis use and reductions in motivation over time.”

by maria loreto, the fresh toast

mar 7 2022
read time 2 minute read
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the image of lazy stoners has been around for what seems like forever. depicted heavily in pop culture, the stereotype is perhaps the most popular of all, one that some argue has been harmful to many people.
a couple of recent studies, however, suggest it’s time to retire the stereotype for those including teens and young adults.

a new study , published in the journal experimental and clinical psychopharmacology , examined 47 college students split into two groups: one comprised of non-users and another of recurrent cannabis users.

both groups were asked to complete behavioural assessment tasks called effort expenditure for rewards task. investigators found that cannabis consumers were more likely to choose tasks associated with higher motivations.

another study , this one published in july 2021 in the journal of the international neuropsychological society,  was conducted by researchers of the florida international university. taking two years to complete, investigators recruited 400-plus participants aged 14 to 17, and asked them to fill out five biannual assessments over the course of the study.

these assessments involved two motivational questionnaires — the apathy evaluation scale and the motivation and engagement scale — as well as questions about the participants’ use of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis.
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while results showed that higher cannabis use correlates with a higher loss of motivation, once factors such as tobacco and alcohol use, age, sex and levels of depression were accounted for, there was little evidence suggesting that marijuana alone had an impact on motivation.
“our findings do not support a relationship between cannabis use and reductions in motivation over time in a sample of adolescents at risk for escalation in cannabis use,” the study’s authors wrote.
“the current study contributes to the extant literature by examining these associations longitudinally in a large sample of adolescent cannabis users while controlling for important and often overlooked confounds, including sex and depression,” they added.
motivation in teens and young adults is a complex issue, one that’s influenced by many factors.

according to psychology today , teenagers are more difficult to motivate since they’re growing out of their childhood mindsets.

“external factors are typically reliable as sources of motivation for children, but after 12, the factors, such as the desire for parental and social approval, start to diminish as core sources of motivation,” the article explains. outside distractions such as social life, home life and substances like cannabis and alcohol, can all have an impact on their levels of motivation.

the freshtoast.com , a u.s. lifestyle site that contributes lifestyle content and, with their partnership with 600,000 physicians via skipta, medical marijuana information to the growthop.

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