检查年轻人是否不同于他们对酒精后果的认可和主观评估,根据年龄,饮酒频率和目前的本科生身份
Katherine Walukevich-Dienst1, Annie N Hoang1, Anne M Fairlie1
1Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs
|July 3, 2024
概括
年轻人对酒精的影响有不同的看法. 年长的年轻人 (YA) 经历了较少的负面酒精后果,并比年轻的YA更负面地评价了它们.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 药物成科学 药物成科学
背景情况:
- 年轻人 (YA) 在感知与酒精有关的后果方面表现出显著的变化.
- 一些酒精后果被认为是酒精后果.
- 这是一个负面的负面.
- 被研究人员所看待的东西被YAs中立或积极地看待.
- 影响酒精后果主观评价的个人差异因素尚未得到充分理解.
研究的目的:
- 调查年龄,饮酒频率和学生身份如何影响YAs中与酒精有关的负面后果的认可和主观评估.
- 为了确定个体差异因素,塑造对酒精不良影响的看法.
主要方法:
- 对640名年轻人 (18-27岁) 的数据进行横截面分析,这些年轻人参与了一项关于认知和酒精使用的纵向研究.
- 评估了24种与酒精有关的负面影响的认可和主观评价 (极为负面到极为积极).
- 根据年龄组 (18-20岁与21-27岁),饮酒频率 (≤3次/月与每周+) 和本科生身份 (4年与非学生) 进行了检查.
主要成果:
- 21-27岁的年轻人报告的总体后果较少,与18-20岁的年轻人相比,他们不太可能认可身体/行为后果.
- 每周或更频繁的饮酒者经历了更多的后果,并且更有可能经历所有24个评估后果.
- 对后果的主观评价与饮酒频率没有显著差异;非本科生比四年制本科生更负面地评价了一些健康/责任后果.
结论:
- 年龄是年轻人对酒精后果的经验和负面评价的一个重要因素.
- 了解主观评价中的个人差异对于开发个性化酒精干预措施至关重要.
- 研究结果表明,定制干预措施可能更有效地解决不同YA人群中与酒精有关的伤害.
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