在社交媒体时代,青少年对物质使用信息的看法:解决认知失调
1Department of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Health education research
|January 6, 2024
概括
青少年看到同龄人在社交媒体上积极描绘物质使用情况,破坏了正式的预防信息. 更平衡的药物教育承认风险和回报可能会提高参与度.
科学领域:
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 媒体研究 媒体研究
背景情况:
- 社交媒体平台是青少年的主要信息来源.
- 青少年吸毒是严重的公共卫生问题.
- 同龄人的影响和社交媒体内容塑造了青少年的看法和行为.
研究的目的:
- 探索青少年对与物质相关的社交媒体内容的接触和感知.
- 检查社交媒体内容如何影响对物质使用预防信息的看法.
- 了解青少年对同伴产生的和正式的预防信息进行对比的反应.
主要方法:
- 通过Instagram和Facebook招募的30名青少年 (年龄14-18岁) 进行了在线半结构化采访.
- 根据采访问题和新出现的主题,开发了一个采访成绩单编码指南.
- 对面试数据的定性分析确定了有关社交媒体曝光和信息感知的关键主题.
主要成果:
- 大多数青少年报告说,他们接触过使用在社交媒体上积极描述的物质的同龄人.
- 大多数人还遇到了正式的预防信息 (PSA,学校毒品教育),详细说明了负面后果.
- 青少年经常忽视预防信息,认为同龄人更可信,并希望获得全面的信息.
结论:
- 社交媒体上的同行对物质使用的积极描述与正式的预防信息形成鲜明对比,可能会降低其可信度.
- 目前的预防信息可能被认为是无效的,特别是对于有风险的年轻人.
- 制定平衡的预防信息,承认与物质使用相关的风险和回报的范围,可以提高参与度并减少不和.
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