Characteristics and social representation of ecstasy in Europe - Irefrea

The lowest mean punctuation corresponds to the university non-consumer sample,being significantly lower than the other three groups, including disco non-consumer.Those, for their part, punctuate significantly lower than university as well as discoconsumers.Therefore, we can come to the conclusion, that university and disco individuals whouse ecstasy, have more deviant behaviours than non-consumers. And within theconsumer group, disco individuals would have more deviant behaviours than universityindividuals..SOCIAL DEVIATION SCALE RESULTS ACCORDING TO THE CONSUMERS GROUPThe punctuation of the following table correspond to the global sample punctuation(N=1.627) according to consumption groups. We would see that the total sample hasbeen divided in five groups: non-consumers (approximately half of the sample),occasional or experimental consumers, regular consumers, compulsive consumers andex-consumers.SDS results according to consumers group.Punctuation SDSNon- consumers 1,2429 (1,4727)Occasional consumers 2,6250 (1,7594)Regular consumers 2,8058 (2,1565)Compulsive consumers 3,0541 (2,6765)Ex-consumers 2,4187 (1,9261)K-W (p) 228,80 (0,0001)The punctuation of the non-consumer group is significantly lower (p=.0001) thanthe punctuation of the other four consumers groups. Among the consumers group thehighest punctuation corresponds to the compulsive consumers group and the lowest, tothe ex-consumers group, although these differences are not significant.Therefore, the results obtained through this analysis show that ecstasy nonconsumers-that we know consume less drugs and with minor frequency than ecstasyusers- have a less deviant behaviour than consumers.SOCIAL DEVIATION SCALE ACCORDING TO SEXThe following item that we analyse corresponds to the punctuation of the totalsample of individuals according to sex.93