青少年における薬物使用に関する展望. 定義された人口に関する研究です
T N Robinson1, J D Killen, C B Taylor
1Department of Medicine, Stanford (Calif) University School of Medicine.
JAMA
|October 16, 1987
まとめ
十代の薬物使用は,同級生によるマリファナ使用およびその他のリスク行動と強く関連しています. 予防戦略は,社会的影響に焦点を当て,より広範な問題行動症候群の一部として薬物使用に対処する必要があります.
科学分野:
- 青少年の健康について
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- 行動科学は,行動科学である.
背景:
- 青少年による薬物使用は,公衆衛生上の重大な懸念事項である.
- 薬物使用の予測要因を理解することは,効果的な予防戦略の開発に不可欠です.
- 身体活動,栄養,ストレスなどの青少年のライフスタイルの要因は,薬物使用行動に影響を与える可能性があります.
研究 の 目的:
- 10年生における薬物使用の主要な予測要因を特定する.
- 薬物使用と他の若者のリスク行動の関係を探求する.
- 予防のための社会的影響抵抗モデルの可能性を評価する.
主な方法:
- 10年生1447人に身体活動,栄養,ストレス,薬物使用を評価する調査を実施した.
- 基本的な身体的評価が行われました.
- 多重回帰分析を使用して,物質使用の予測要因を決定しました.
主要な成果:
- 友人のマリファナ使用は,少年と少女の両方にとって,薬物使用の最も強い予測因子でした.
- 男の子の場合,喫煙の安全感,学校の成績の低下,親の教育,体重管理の行動が,薬物使用を予測した.
- 女子では,学校の成績の低下,自己誘発の嘔吐,喫煙の安全感,体重管理の行動,親の教育,喫煙に対する大人の見方,シートベルトの不使用が薬物使用を予測した.
結論:
- 青少年における薬物使用は,単一の行動であり,問題行動症候群の一部と見なされる可能性があります.
- 認知される社会的環境は,青少年による薬物使用に大きな影響を与えます.
- 社会的影響に対する抵抗性のモデルは,青少年における薬物使用の予防に有望である.
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