青少年吸毒处于性取向和性别认同的交叉点
Donald R Gerke1, Brittanie Atteberry-Ash2, Jarrod Call3
1Department of Social Work, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Substance use & addiction journal
|April 3, 2024
概括
根据交叉的身份,不同年轻人的物质使用不同. 针对暴力和抑郁症的有针对性的干预措施对于预防性和性别少数群体青少年的预防工作至关重要.
科学领域:
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 药物使用研究研究 药物使用研究
- 社会流行病学 社会流行病学
背景情况:
- 青少年吸毒与负面结果有关.
- 性和性别少数群体 (SGM) 的年轻人面临更高的风险.
- 现有的研究往往忽略了交叉的身份.
研究的目的:
- 检查跨界性取向和性别认同与物质使用之间的关联.
- 确定最需要预防干预的SGM年轻人群.
- 为青少年吸毒的有针对性的预防策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 在2019年科罗拉多州健康儿童调查中利用了来自36,504名高中生 (年龄14-18岁) 的数据.
- 使用后勤回归来分析交叉身份与物质使用 (大麻,处方药,多物质) 之间的关联.
- 包括对抑郁症和暴力受害的分析作为相关因素.
主要成果:
- 在跨界身份和特定物质之间,使用物质的几率差异很大.
- 处方药的滥用率在质疑性别/性取向的年轻人和质疑性别或认定为跨性别,非二进制或双性恋 (TNB) 的异性恋者中最高.
- 在TNB和异性恋参与者中,大麻和多种物质的使用率最高;抑郁和暴力受害与所有物质使用结果相关.
结论:
- 干预措施应根据SGM年轻人群中的特定交叉身份量身定制.
- 预防工作应整合暴力预防和心理健康查 (抑郁症).
- 解决同时出现的心理健康问题和暴力对于减少青少年吸毒至关重要.
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