Drug Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Use among Chinese International Students on the West Coast of the U.S. and Canada

Autor/in	McCann, Molly
Titel	Drug Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Use among Chinese International Students on the West Coast of the U.S. and Canada
Quelle	(2018), (428 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ed.D. Dissertation, Saint Mary's College of California
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-4381-5980-8
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Foreign Countries; Knowledge Level; Student Attitudes; Drug Abuse; College Students; Foreign Students; Correlation; Peer Influence; Beliefs; Marijuana; Experience; Narcotics; Stimulants; United States; China; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Ausland; Wissensbasis; Schülerverhalten; Collegestudent; Korrelation; Belief; Glaube; Erfahrung; Narcotic; Betäubungsmittel; Droge; USA; Kanada
Abstract	This exploratory study examined the knowledge, experience, attitude, and perceptions of drugs reported by international students from mainland China (N = 97) studying on the West Coast of the U.S. and Canada. Chinese students currently constitute the largest group of international students at universities on the West Coast, which is also the epicenter of a major shift in the legal and cultural status of cannabis. Participants' knowledge, exposure, use, attitudes, and norms of peers' use of five drugs (cannabis, heroin, ketamine, methamphetamine, and Adderall) were elicited through an online survey. Data were analyzed quantitatively (descriptive statistics, means of paired samples, correlations). Many correlations existed between participants' attitudes, comments they heard others make, and their beliefs about their peers' drug use. Participants were most familiar with cannabis; their exposure to others' comments about and use of cannabis in North America were starkly different than what they had experienced in China. About 10% of the sample had tried cannabis in North America. Students were familiar with heroin and methamphetamine from their experiences in China, and those drugs were viewed extremely negatively. Use of and exposure to ketamine and Adderall were rare, and all drugs were viewed much more negatively when asked in the context of living in China than in North America. Given the current and recent changes in drug laws around the world and students' reported experience with cannabis, this study underlines the urgency of educating international students regarding drug use as well as informing educational policy at the university level. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01