Characteristics and social representation of ecstasy in Europe - Irefrea

other countries. The Italian sample scores high, on the disinhibition scale, and low onthe remaining subscales, therefore a factor which would have more importance for thissample is a tendency to hedonism, to the search for enjoyment. The Nice and Coimbrasamples only score high in respect of the other cities on the Boredom SusceptibilitySubscale. Overcoming boredom seems to be a factor with more weight among theFrench and Portuguese. As for the Palma sample, it seems that the necessity for a moreunconventional life style and a tendency to hedonism are the factors which predominatein comparison with the other cities. Notable too, is the low score on boredomsusceptibility.6.2.2. Score on the SSS Scale by sample type differentiating consumers or nonconsumersof ecstasy.These scores correspond to the total sample of individuals (1,627), in respect of thesample to which they belong (disco and university) and differentiated also inaccordance to whether they are ecstasy consumers or non-consumers.SSS SCORES BY SAMPLE TYPETAS ES DIS BS GLOBALUniversity 5,6686 5,4841 4,9226 3,4622 19,5685Non-consumer (2,4796) (5,4841) (2,0516) (1,7839) (5,5723)University 6,0563 6,9747 6,4152 4,6207 23,9218consumer (2,2203) (6,9747) (1,7229) (1,8018) (4,4189)Disco 5,5714 5,5450 5,1611 4,0296 20,3576Non-consumer (2,3357) (5,5450) (2,0871) (1,7714) (5,1488)Disco 5,7493 6,4858 6,2139 4,8067 23,2638consumer (2,1988) (6,4858) (1,7714) (1,7861) (4,7882)K-W (p) 7,80 156,35 127,62 109,06 130,46(0,05) (0,0001) (0,0001) (0,0001) (0,0001)The data in the table corresponds to the mean and, inside brackets, to the standard deviation.K-W (Kruskal Wallis test statistic and level of significance)ANALYSIS ACCORDING TO SUBSCALESFor the TAS Subscale, there are only significant differences between the meanscores of the university consumers and the disco non consumer groups. There are nodifferences between the other scores.On the Experience Seeking Scale (ES), the mean scores obtained by both theuniversity and the disco consumer groups are significantly higher than those obtained82