每个人都在这样做:开始滥用处方药
Heather Z Mui1, Paloma Sales1, Sheigla Murphy1
1Institute for Scientific Analysis, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Journal of drug issues
|February 6, 2024
概括
旧金山湾区的年轻人通过社会学习和环境因素开始使用非医疗处方药. 暴露,动机和访问影响这些选择,突出个人和社会互动.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 非医疗处方药的使用是年轻成年人中严重的公共卫生问题.
- 了解启动因素对于制定有效的预防策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 探索导致年轻成年人开始使用非医疗处方药的因素.
- 应用社会学习理论和津伯格的药物,设置和设置模型来理解这些启动因素.
主要方法:
- 由国家药物滥用研究所资助的定性研究.
- 在旧金山湾区与年轻成年人 (18-25岁) 进行的采访.
- 参与者在采访前的6个月内至少12次使用非医疗处方药.
主要成果:
- 社会学习理论解释了像非医疗处方药使用这样的偏差行为是如何被学习和模仿的.
- 津伯格的药物,设置和设置模型突出了影响启动的心理和社会背景.
- 暴露,动机,访问和设置被确定为对参与者选择的关键影响.
结论:
- 个人和社会因素相互作用,推动非医疗处方药的使用.
- 一个全面的理解需要考虑学习的行为和用户的环境.
- 这些发现可以为预防年轻人滥用处方药的有针对性的干预措施提供信息.
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