在北美大学生中,大麻使用与不利的心理社会功能有关联
Carol Vidal1, Patty Alvarez2, Christopher J Hammond1
1Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Substance use & misuse
|August 16, 2023
概括
大麻使用在大学生中很常见,并且与更高的抑郁,焦虑和自杀行为风险有关. 大学应该加强学生大麻使用者的预防和干预计划.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 成 药物 药物 药物 药物
背景情况:
- 青少年大麻使用 (CU) 与负面结果有关,但对大学生的影响不太清楚.
- 结合性疾病的发病率在年轻成人 (18-22岁) 达到顶峰,与大学入学相吻合.
- 这项研究调查了北美大学生中CU的心理社会结果.
研究的目的:
- 检查过去30天大麻使用 (CU) 与大学生各种心理社会结果之间的关联.
- 在这个人口群体中确定与CU相关的特定心理健康和行为风险.
- 为大学的预防和干预策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 利用了2016-17年健康思维研究 (HMS) 的数据,这是一项针对40,250名北美大学生 (18至25岁) 的基于网络的调查.
- 将受访者分为两组:报告过去30天CU的受访者和没有报告的受访者.
- 组之间的心理社会变量比较,调整社会人口统计和其他物质使用情况.
主要成果:
- 大约20%的学生报告过去30天的CU.
- CU学生的抑郁,自杀想法/行为,焦虑,饮食障碍和暴力受害的几率显着更高.
- 此外,CU还与使用其他药物的增加以及感知到的社会支持的降低有关.
结论:
- 大麻使用在北美大学生中普遍存在,并与一系列不利的心理社会结果有关.
- 研究结果强调,需要在大学环境中制定有针对性的教育,预防和早期干预计划.
- 大学应该主动解决学生的大麻使用及其相关风险.
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