社会支持是否能缓解童年不良经历和与物质有关的问题之间的关联?
Diamonde C McCollum1, Jenni B Teeters1, Katie R Moskal1
1Psychological Sciences Department, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA.
Substance use & misuse
|October 19, 2023
概括
不利的童年经历 (ACE) 会增加酒精问题,尤其是在社会支持较低的情况下. 加强家庭和朋友的支持可能会降低ACE成年人的物质使用风险.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 药物使用研究研究 药物使用研究
背景情况:
- 童年不良经历 (ACE) 影响了超过一半的美国成年人,导致痛苦和增加使用物质的风险.
- 社会支持可能会缓冲ACE对有害物质使用的负面影响.
- 了解这些关系对于开发有效的干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查感知到的社会支持,ACE和酒精/大麻问题之间的联系.
- 为了确定特定的社会支持领域 (家庭,朋友,重要的人) 是否适度ACEs-物质使用关系.
主要方法:
- 经过验证的调查评估了ACE,感知到的社会支持以及酒精/大麻问题.
- 这些数据是通过Prolific Academic从401名新兴成年人中收集的.
- 回归分析检查了社会支持领域的缓和效应.
主要成果:
- 感知到的社会支持,特别是来自家庭和朋友的支持,缓解了ACE和酒精问题之间的关联.
- ACE和酒精问题之间的联系最强烈的是对家庭和朋友的支持感觉较低.
- 感知到的社会支持与大麻相关问题之间没有发现显著的关联.
结论:
- 低社会支持是患有ACE的新兴成年人中与酒精有关的问题的风险因素.
- 加强来自家人和朋友的感知社会支持的干预措施可能会减轻饮酒风险.
- 需要进一步的研究来了解ACEs与大麻使用的关系.
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