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Peter L. Nelson

2 papers in the library · publishing 1994-1995

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Personality Trait Absorption: An Exploratory Study of Opportunity and Capacity in Relation to Cannabis Use

Imagination, Cognition and Personality September 1, 1995 Peter L. Nelson

Although the Tellegen Absorption Scale has been widely employed in recent years as a measure of personality Trait Absorption, it is argued that this simple score does not sufficiently discriminate true capacity for Absorption nor does it reveal the level of opportunity made for absorptive experiencing. This study operationalizes Capacity and Opportunity as two additional subscales appended to...

Cannabis Amotivational Syndrome and Personality Trait Absorption: A Review and Reconceptualization

Imagination, Cognition and Personality September 1, 1994 Peter L. Nelson

This article argues that the so-called cannabis “amotivation syndrome,” widely reported in the literature, may not be a single nosological entity, but represent, instead, a change in cognitive style emerging as a result of cannabis's ability to facilitate a unique attentional state favoured by those who have a higher than average level of a personality factor referred to as “trait absorption.”...