RT Article
T1 An Examination of the Importance of Strain in the Cannabis Gateway Effect
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 62
IS 11
SP 3603
OP 3617
A1 McCutcheon, James C.
A2 Watts, Stephen J.
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1662878575
AB Gateway theory has been the source of much debate in both the research literature and public policy. Support for gateway sequencing has been mixed, especially in research that has considered the role of criminological variables in the etiology of substance use. For example, limited prior research has observed as important in gateway sequencing the effects of severe stressors. Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health are utilized to test gateway theory and examine whether severe stressors affect the relationship between frequency of cannabis use and later use of other illicit drugs (OIDs). Findings suggest that while frequency of cannabis use does increase the likelihood of later use of OIDs, this relationship may be the result of the common cause of experiencing severe stress. Implications of the findings are discussed.
K1 Gateway
K1 Cannabis
K1 Illicit drugs
K1 General strain theory
K1 Add Health
K1 Illegale Drogen
K1 Einstiegsdroge
K1 Theorie
K1 Drucktheorie
K1 Allgemeine Drucktheorie
DO 10.1177/0306624X17729433