Exploring the decision-making process behind illicit drug use at music festivals
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- Koen Ponnet (UGent) , Peter Conradie (UGent) , Tina Van Havere (UGent) , Bert Hauspie, Maryam Khazaee-Pool, Tahereh Pashaei, Mark Reybrouck (UGent) and Edith Van Dyck (UGent)
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- Background: Illicit substance use is common at music festivals. One could question whether festival attendees deliberately plan to take drugs at such events or whether their illicit (poly)drug use is provoked by specific circumstances, such as the presence of peers or a general belief that others are using drugs at the festival. Objectives: The present study implemented the prototype willingness model, which is a model that assesses whether illicit drug use at music festivals is rather a rational or a more spontaneous decision-making process. Results: A three-wave panel survey was conducted, questioning festival attendees before (n = 304, 60.86% males), during, and after music festival visits. In total, 186 people (59.68% males) between 18 and 55 years (M = 27.80 years; SD = 8.19) completed all three surveys, of which 62.9% had taken one or more different illicit substances at the festival. Positive attitudes toward illicit drug consumption were most firmly related to attendees' intentions to take drugs at festivals. Additionally, the more festival visitors identified themselves with the prototype of an attendee using drugs, the more likely they were to be willing to use them. The perceived presence of illicit substances at such events was also strongly related to the actual behavior. Conclusion: The findings suggest that illicit drug use at music festivals relates to both a rational choice and an unplanned one.
- Keywords
- Drugs, polydrug use, music festivals, intention, LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS, SUBSTANCE USE, WILLINGNESS, RISK, BEHAVIOR, ALCOHOL
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01HJ9FEXFA11A99TXTGBDVEYGG
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- Ponnet, Koen, et al. “Exploring the Decision-Making Process behind Illicit Drug Use at Music Festivals.” SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE, vol. 59, no. 5, 2024, pp. 707–15, doi:10.1080/10826084.2023.2294979.
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- Ponnet, K., Conradie, P., Van Havere, T., Hauspie, B., Khazaee-Pool, M., Pashaei, T., … Van Dyck, E. (2024). Exploring the decision-making process behind illicit drug use at music festivals. SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE, 59(5), 707–715. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2023.2294979
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- Ponnet, Koen, Peter Conradie, Tina Van Havere, Bert Hauspie, Maryam Khazaee-Pool, Tahereh Pashaei, Mark Reybrouck, and Edith Van Dyck. 2024. “Exploring the Decision-Making Process behind Illicit Drug Use at Music Festivals.” SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE 59 (5): 707–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2023.2294979.
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- Ponnet, Koen, Peter Conradie, Tina Van Havere, Bert Hauspie, Maryam Khazaee-Pool, Tahereh Pashaei, Mark Reybrouck, and Edith Van Dyck. 2024. “Exploring the Decision-Making Process behind Illicit Drug Use at Music Festivals.” SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE 59 (5): 707–715. doi:10.1080/10826084.2023.2294979.
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- 1.Ponnet K, Conradie P, Van Havere T, Hauspie B, Khazaee-Pool M, Pashaei T, et al. Exploring the decision-making process behind illicit drug use at music festivals. SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE. 2024;59(5):707–15.
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- [1]K. Ponnet et al., “Exploring the decision-making process behind illicit drug use at music festivals,” SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE, vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 707–715, 2024.
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