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Recipient of the 12th Annual Graduate Student Symposium Scholarship Award, Oral Presentations, Presidential Room - Second Place (2019)

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Presentation Type

Open Access Oral Presentation

Keywords

Marijuana--Therapeutic use--Public opinion;

Abstract

In this study, I hypothesize that participants who read a vignette summarizing a scientific article on using cannabis to treat cancer pain will report significantly different approval of the treatment if they are randomly assigned to see either the label marijuana, cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), or nabiximols (a pharmaceutical cannabis derivative). Specifically, I predict that participants will report significantly lower approval when reading marijuana compared to nabiximols. I also hypothesize that reported stigma will mediate the relationship between the noun condition and reported approval and that reported political orientation will mediate the relationship between noun condition and reported stigma. I plan to use an MTurk sample for this study.

Start Date

3-4-2019 1:00 PM

End Date

3-4-2019 4:00 PM

Year of Award

2019 Award

Faculty Advisor

Nicholas Schwab

Department

Department of Psychology

Comments

The related poster which is attached as an additional file was presented at the Iowa Psychological Conference.

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Embargo Date

4-17-2019

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What’s In A Name? Measuring Potential Influence of Medical Cannabis Labels on Attitudes Towards Its Use

In this study, I hypothesize that participants who read a vignette summarizing a scientific article on using cannabis to treat cancer pain will report significantly different approval of the treatment if they are randomly assigned to see either the label marijuana, cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), or nabiximols (a pharmaceutical cannabis derivative). Specifically, I predict that participants will report significantly lower approval when reading marijuana compared to nabiximols. I also hypothesize that reported stigma will mediate the relationship between the noun condition and reported approval and that reported political orientation will mediate the relationship between noun condition and reported stigma. I plan to use an MTurk sample for this study.