大麻使用的动机和风险决策的影响 青少年大麻使用轨迹
Sarah M Lehman1, Erin L Thompson1, Ashley R Adams1
1Center for Children and Families, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
Brain sciences
|October 28, 2023
概括
青少年使用大麻的娱乐性与风险更高的决策显示使用更快的增长. 大麻使用的健康动机也预测了更高的初始使用率和更快的升级速度,无论决策如何.
科学领域:
- 青少年心理学 青少年心理学
- 药物使用研究研究.
- 行为科学是一种行为科学.
背景情况:
- 了解青少年大麻使用轨迹至关重要.
- 使用动机 (健康,娱乐) 和决策 (DM) 是关键因素.
- 有限的研究探讨了这些因素在预测大麻使用模式方面的相互作用.
研究的目的:
- 调查大麻使用与风险决策 (DM) 的娱乐和健康动机对青少年大麻使用轨迹的互动影响.
- 根据使用者的动机和冒险行为,确定大麻使用升级的具体模式.
主要方法:
- 在五个时间点对171名青少年 (基线年龄为14-17岁) 的数据进行前性分析.
- 利用潜增长曲线建模和线性回归分析来检查使用轨迹.
- 评估大麻使用的动机 (健康,娱乐) 和倾向于做出危险的决策.
主要成果:
- 在娱乐动机和风险的DM之间发现了显著的相互作用,影响了随着时间的推移使用大麻的速度.
- 患有较高风险的DM和较低娱乐动机的青少年在使用大麻方面表现出更快的增长.
- 大麻使用的健康动机与更高的基线使用和加速升级有关,独立于DM.
- 有风险的DM显著缓解了娱乐动机和大麻使用轨迹之间的关系.
结论:
- 娱乐和健康的动机,与冒险的决策相结合,显著塑造了青少年大麻使用轨迹.
- 以健康为动机的使用大麻与不断升级的使用模式密切相关.
- 针对决策和特定使用动机的有针对性的干预措施可能是必要的,以减轻青少年大麻使用的升级.
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