研究回顾:兄弟姐妹很重要. 关于青少年兄弟姐妹之间大麻使用之间的关联的多层次元分析
Ivy N Defoe1, Sanne Treffers1, Geert Jan Stams1
1University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
概括
青少年使用大麻与兄弟姐妹使用大麻密切相关,遗传和环境因素发挥着作用. 这种关联在所有兄弟姐妹类型中都是显著的,可以与同龄人的影响力相比较.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
背景情况:
- 父母和同龄人使用大麻已知对青少年使用物质的影响.
- 兄弟姐妹使用大麻对年轻人使用大麻的影响仍然不太清楚.
- 这项研究解决了理解兄弟姐妹对青少年大麻消费的影响的差距.
研究的目的:
- 进行关于兄弟姐妹年轻人使用大麻 (或大麻使用障碍) 之间的关联的元分析.
- 探索这个协会的主持人,包括兄弟姐妹类型,年龄,出生顺序和性别.
- 为了比较兄弟姐妹年轻人使用大麻的协会与父母年轻人和同龄人年轻人协会.
主要方法:
- 在七个数据库中进行了系统的文献搜索.
- 20项涉及11至24岁参与者的研究被纳入了分析.
- 按照PRISMA指南进行了随机效应,异质性和调节者分析的多层次元分析.
主要成果:
- 在兄弟姐妹年轻人使用大麻时,发现了很大的整体效应大小 (r = .423),这表明兄弟姐妹使用大麻时的比例更高.
- 这种关联在单胞胎双胞胎和同性兄弟姐妹对中更为强烈.
- 中等 (r = .300) 和大 (r = .451) 的效果大小分别观察到父母-青少年和同龄人-青少年使用大麻.
结论:
- 青少年大麻使用与兄弟姐妹大麻使用有很大的联系,突出了遗传和环境影响.
- 这种兄弟姐妹的影响力在规模上与同龄人的影响力相当,比父母的影响力更强大.
- 在青少年大麻使用的干预和治疗中,应该考虑兄弟姐妹的影响.
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