Diane Shea

Negative expectancy as a mediating variable in marihuana intoxication

Journal of Clinical Psychology October 1, 1978 Robert O. Pihl, Zindel V. Segal, Diane Shea 5 citations

Sixty experienced marihuana smokers participated in a study designed to assess the effect of a negative expectancy on marihuana intoxication. Two different environments, threat of shock and no-threat, were used under the drug conditions of marihuana and placebo. Ss came into the laboratory and adjusted a level of shock received at their fingertips, to a point of mild discomfort. Only those Ss...