从全国代表性的纵向研究中,两年制和四年制大学生中的物质使用和大学毕业情况
1Epidemiology and Biostatistics, State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, USA.
Cureus
|July 1, 2024
概括
吸毒,特别是大麻和可卡因,与年轻成年人在两年制和四年制机构的大学毕业率较低有关. 有针对性的干预和支持系统对于改善这些学生的教育成果至关重要.
科学领域:
- 高等教育研究 高等教育研究
- 药物使用研究 药物使用研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 来自弱势背景的年轻人往往在两年制大学开始接受高等教育.
- 现有的物质使用研究主要集中在四年制大学生身上,忽视了大量的人口.
- 增加大麻的可用性需要对年轻成年人的物质使用影响进行研究.
研究的目的:
- 评估吸毒和教育成绩之间的关系,在参加两年制与四年制大学的年轻人中.
- 确定特定的物质和使用模式,预测较低的大学毕业率.
- 为体验物质使用问题的大学生提供有针对性的干预信息.
主要方法:
- 使用了从青少年到成人健康 (添加健康) 国家纵向研究中招收的大学参与者的子样本.
- 将888名两年制大学生与1398名四年制大学生进行了比较,使用倾向分数匹配.
- 分析了物质使用模式及其与七年后教育成绩的关联.
主要成果:
- 两年制大学生报告使用甲基胺,可卡因和大麻的比例更高,以及与匹配的四年制学生相比,有问题的物质使用率更高.
- 对于两年制大学生来说,过去一年/月的甲基胺使用和过去的酒治疗完成与较低的大学毕业率有关.
- 对于四年制大学生来说,药物干扰学校/工作,使用可卡因和经常使用大麻预测大学毕业率较低.
结论:
- 药物使用是两年制和四年制大学设置中教育成绩较低的重要预测因素.
- 应为这两类机构的学生制定和实施干预措施.
- 两年制大学可以通过更好地支持那些接受药物治疗的人来提高学生的成绩;增量学位方法可能有利于有风险的学生.
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