在COVID-19期间,性少数群体和异性恋年轻成年人中存在问题的物质使用问题
Amanda K Haik1, Andrea M Hussong1
1Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270, USA.
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 25, 2023
概括
与异性恋年轻人相比,性少数群体的年轻人在疫情期间没有增加问题性物质的使用. 然而,他们经历了更大的孤独感和更少的亲密关系,这表明社会安全网减少了.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 性少数群体的年轻人 (SMYA) 与异性恋年轻人 (HYA) 相比,面临问题性物质使用的风险更高.
- 由于COVID-19的流行,这些差异可能会通过增加隔离和减少社会支持来扩大.
- 了解大流行对SMYAs物质使用和社会联系的影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查SMYA在COVID-19大流行期间是否表现出比HYA更大的有问题的物质使用.
- 检查隔离,孤独和家庭亲密关系在性取向和物质使用之间的关系中扮演的调解角色.
- 评估家庭亲密度作为SMYAs问题性物质使用的调节者.
主要方法:
- 与141名参与者 (年龄23-29岁) 进行长度研究,调查了大学生 (2014-2015年) 和年轻人 (2021年).
- 自我报告调查评估了有问题的物质使用,孤立,孤独和亲密关系.
- 使用多变量回归和多组路径分析.
主要成果:
- 在大流行期间,SMYA和HYA之间没有发现有问题的物质使用增加的显著差异.
- 隔离和孤独并没有显著调解性取向和物质使用之间的关系.
- 亲密的家庭关系并没有显著缓解有问题的物质使用.
- 与HYAs相比,SMYA报告了孤独感增加和家庭亲密度减少,这表明社会安全网减少.
结论:
- 与假设相反,大流行并没有加剧SMYA和HYA之间的问题性物质使用差异.
- SMYAs经历了社会安全的显著下降,孤独感增加和家庭亲密关系减少.
- 需要进一步的研究,以了解社会安全降低对SMYA福祉的长期影响,并制定有针对性的干预措施.
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