RELATIONSHIP AMONG INFORMATION EXPOSURE, PERCEPTIONS, AND ATTITUDES WITH TRENDS IN MARIJUANA USING BEHAVIORS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

This Cross-sectional analytic research aims to 1) study the level of news exposure, perception, attitude, and behavioral trends in marijuana use among secondary school students. 2) study the relationship between news exposure, perception, and attitude and behavioral trends in marijuana use among secondary school students in the Bangkok area, the sample consisted of 450 middle school students in the Bangkok area, using a stratified random sampling method. The research instrument was an online questionnaire. Data were analyzed using frequency distribution, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Qui-square statistics Pearson correlation coefficient statistics

                The results showed that 1) the level of information exposure about marijuana was low; Awareness of marijuana was moderate, the level of attitudes towards marijuana and the level of tendency towards marijuana use were low, with students receiving the most news about marijuana through Facebook media. The most perceived part of marijuana is that marijuana is a type of addiction. The most concerning attitudes towards marijuana are that students agree that marijuana use is illegal in Thailand. The most likely trend of marijuana use behavior is that students avoid sources that pose a risk of using marijuana 2). It was found that exposure to news about marijuana was associated with a low level of positive (r = .223), a very low positive association with a positive association with a low association with a positive relationship with a low (r = .146), and attitudes about marijuana were positively correlated with a low association (r = .369). Perceptions and attitudes about cannabis are correlated with behavioral trends.