从2016年到2022年,美国青少年应对大麻使用原因的趋势
Megan E Patrick1, Sarah J Peterson1, Yvonne M Terry-McElrath1
1Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson St., Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, USA.
Addictive behaviors
|September 11, 2023
概括
青少年为了应对而使用大麻的数量随着时间的推移而增加,最常见的原因是"放松". 性别,种族和父母教育等社会人口统计学因素影响了这些应对动机.
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
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 青少年吸食大麻是一个重大的公共卫生问题.
- 了解青少年吸毒背后的动机对于开发有效的干预措施至关重要.
- 作为大麻使用的原因,应对需要进一步调查,因为它可能对有问题的使用模式产生潜在影响.
研究的目的:
- 为了分析青少年大麻使用的历史趋势,从1976年到2022年,我们分析了1976年至2022年的应对原因.
- 调查近年来 (2016-2022) 这些应对原因的社会人口学变化.
- 为了确定特定的青少年亚群,在应对相关大麻使用的风险更高.
主要方法:
- 在监测未来 (MTF) 研究中利用了来自美国全国12年级学生样本的数据.
- 研究了大麻应对原因的长期趋势 (1976-2022,N=43,237) 和最近的差异 (2016-2022,N=3,816).
- 分析了应对原因,大麻使用频率和社会人口统计特征之间的关联.
主要成果:
- "放松"是最常见的应对原因 (52.9%的用户).
- 大多数应对原因在研究期间显著增加.
- 社会人口统计学因素影响了应对原因:女性更有可能使用以逃避问题;黑人青少年通过一天;西班牙裔青少年放松;与因愤怒/丧或逃避问题而使用相关的父母教育水平较低.
结论:
- 青少年对抗大麻的使用随着时间的推移而不断增加.
- 青少年使用大麻应对的原因存在显著的社会人口统计学差异.
- 识别面临风险的子群体对于有针对性的预防和干预策略至关重要.
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