Factors associated with psychedelic attitudes and usage among college students
Journal of Psychedelic Studies July 4, 2025 W. Hwang, Yuhan Kong, Ken A. Fujimoto et al.
Attitudes toward psychedelics strongly predict actual use among college students, explaining 85.6% of the variance in lifetime use. Male, sexual-minority, older, and non-religious students, as well as those who had used other substances, held more positive attitudes, which in turn made them more likely to have used psychedelics. Lifetime psychedelic use was directly associated with better mental health. A new 12-item Psychedelic Attitudes Scale (PAS) was validated in a sample of 466 liberal arts college students and showed good psychometric properties.