青春期大麻使用对大学和研究生学位的影响
Aliaksandr A Amialchuk1, Brooke M Buckingham1
1University of Toledo, USA.
Economics and human biology
|December 29, 2023
概括
青少年使用大麻显著降低了大学和研究生学位的成年人. 这项研究量化了早期大麻消费对长期教育的影响.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
背景情况:
- 青春期是一个关键的发展时期,对成年人的结果有持久的影响.
- 了解青少年吸毒的长期后果对于公共卫生政策至关重要.
- 以前的研究已经探索了青少年大麻使用与各种生活结果之间的联系,但长期的教育成就需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 估计青少年大麻使用对大学和研究生学位的长期影响.
- 量化与早期大麻消费相关的教育成绩下降.
- 提供关于青少年大麻使用到成年后延迟后果的经验证据.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自青少年到成人健康 (添加健康) 国家纵向研究第1-2波 (1994-1996) 和第5波 (2016-2018) 的数据.
- 采用仪器变量 (IV) 模型,利用"朋友的朋友"的网络结构来监测青少年的大麻使用情况.
- 包括学校和年级固定效应,以控制未观察到的学校和队列级因素.
主要成果:
- 青少年使用大麻与获得大学学位的可能性显著降低有关.
- 在青春期使用大麻的个人在40多岁初至中年时,不太可能获得研究生水平的教育.
- 该研究发现,早期使用大麻对长期教育成绩有相当大的负面影响.
结论:
- 青春期大麻的使用对高等教育水平产生不利和持久的影响.
- 旨在减少青少年大麻使用的政策可能对教育成果产生积极的长期影响.
- 进一步的研究应该探索青少年大麻使用与受教育成绩下降的联系机制.
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