Sensation seeking among marijuana smokers

Abstract

Sensation seeking is the degree at which an individual seeks highly stimulating experience. Marijuana smokers are those who smoke a chemical, obtained by heating a particular flower or leaf.  The aim of this study is to measure the level of sensation seeking among marijuana smokers and to find the relationship of sensation seeking between male and female marijuana smokers. The participants include 30 male marijuana smokers and 06 female marijuana smokers of age range from 21 to 39 years. Snowball sampling method was employed for the data. The socio-demographic details like gender, age, occupation and the type of marijuana smoked were asked. Brief Sensation Seeking Scale developed by Ernest Barratt (1995) was administered along with separate set of structured interviews for marijuana smokers was prepared for Sensation Seeking (8 items constructed in 2019) and was separately administered to the participants. The statistical analysis used in Independent samples t-test and Pearson product moment co efficient of correlation. The findings of the study indicate that there is no significant difference found among male and female marijuana smokers. Average positive correlation found between male marijuana smokers and female marijuana smokers in sensation seeking.