农村社区中学生的酒精使用模式:与社区暴力接触的关联
Courtney B Dunn1, Albert D Farrell1
1Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.
American journal of community psychology
|July 8, 2023
概括
暴露于社区暴力和身体受害与青少年增加的酒精使用有关,支持应对压力理论. 遭受暴力的农村青年显示出严重饮酒模式的风险更高.
科学领域:
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 药物使用研究研究 药物使用研究
- 农村健康差异 农村健康差异
背景情况:
- 应对压力理论表明,压力因素增加了早期物质开始的风险.
- 社区暴力是农村环境中青少年的重要压力因素.
- 了解酒精使用模式及其与暴力接触的关系对于干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在农村社区的种族多样化的早期青少年中识别出明显的酒精使用模式.
- 检查各种形式的社区暴力暴露与青少年饮酒严重程度之间的关系.
- 为了测试应激应对理论在农村青少年吸毒的适用性.
主要方法:
- 隐性类分析用于识别5011名中学生样本中的酒精使用模式.
- 参与者来自美国东南部的农村社区.
- 评估了暴露于社区暴力和身体受害的情况,并与已识别的酒精使用子组相关.
主要成果:
- 他们发现了五种不同的饮酒模式:戒酒者,开始者,中度饮酒者,中度饮酒者经常喝醉,以及极度饮酒者经常喝醉.
- 严重使用酒精的小组中的青少年报告了更高的社区暴力和身体受害的暴露.
- 在控制其他非暴力压力因素后,这些关联仍然很重要.
结论:
- 经历身体受害和目睹社区暴力是青少年高风险饮酒的强有力的预测因素.
- 研究结果支持应对压力理论,强调暴力暴露对青少年吸毒的影响.
- 解决社区暴力的干预措施可能对防止农村青年严重饮酒至关重要.
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