在年轻成年期的歧视经历和有问题的酒精和大麻使用
Lilian G Perez1, Wendy M Troxel2, Joan S Tucker1
1RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, USA.
The American journal on addictions
|July 9, 2024
概括
年轻人的歧视与有问题的大麻使用有关. 基于种族和性别的歧视与更糟糕的大麻结果有关,而基于种族的歧视则显示酒精后果较少.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 年轻的成年期是开始和升级物质使用的关键时期.
- 关于这种人口群体中歧视和物质使用之间的关系的研究有限.
- 每天的歧视经历是普遍存在的,可能会影响心理和身体健康.
研究的目的:
- 检查多种和特定类型的感知日常歧视与青年成年人问题性酒精和大麻使用之间的联系.
- 调查基于种族,性取向和性别歧视的独特贡献.
- 测试歧视经历与社会人口统计因素之间的相互作用.
主要方法:
- 对来自南加利福尼亚州2303名年轻成年人 (平均年龄24.7岁) 的不同队列的数据进行横截面分析.
- 评估多重 (计数) 和特定 (基于种族,性取向,性别) 的歧视经历.
- 评估自我报告的酒精和大麻使用结果,包括后果,使用障碍和单身使用.
主要成果:
- 大约46%的年轻人报告说,他们经历了多达四种不同类型的歧视.
- 基于种族和性别的歧视,以及经历更多类型的歧视,与更糟糕的大麻使用结果有显著的关联.
- 基于种族的歧视与酒精影响较少以及酒精使用障碍识别测试 (AUDIT) 的得分较低有关.
结论:
- 调查结果强调了基于种族和性别的歧视对年轻成年人大麻使用模式的重大影响.
- 该研究强调需要进一步研究将歧视与物质使用行为,特别是酒精消费联系在一起的机制.
- 这项研究有助于了解年轻成年期的特定歧视经历的作用,这是物质使用的关键发展阶段.
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