代理种族主义和精神药物使用之间的关联取决于民族身份的强度
Isabela Cruz-Vespa1, Sarah J Dembling2,3, Benjamin H Han4
1Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA. isabela.cruzvespa@gmail.com.
Scientific reports
|July 26, 2024
概括
代用种族主义,或二手种族主义,在黑人/非裔美国人和拉丁裔成年人中显著影响酒精和大麻的使用. 种族身份可能会对与这些经历相关的物质使用产生保护作用.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 种族主义对健康构成重大威胁,不成比例地影响种族和少数民族.
- 替代性种族主义,即目睹针对某个群体的种族主义,是一个新兴的担忧,因在线和媒体曝光而增强.
- 了解代理种族主义对健康的影响对于解决健康差距至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查代理种族主义暴露与使用精神活性物质 (酒精,大麻,烟草) 之间的联系.
- 检查代理种族主义对物质使用模式的情感影响.
- 探索种族认同在代用种族主义和药物使用之间的关系中所起的调节作用.
主要方法:
- 对504名成年参与者进行了横截面调查,他们认为自己是黑人/非裔美国人或拉丁裔.
- 参与者报告了过去30天的代用种族主义经历以及酒精,大麻和烟草的使用情况.
- 使用后勤回归分析来测试该研究的假设.
主要成果:
- 代用种族主义对情感影响的增加与饮酒的可能性增加了50%.
- 种族认同调节了代用种族主义和大麻使用之间的关系;更高的影响与较低种族认同的人更多使用相关.
- 在代理种族主义和吸烟之间没有发现任何显著的关联.
结论:
- 代言种族主义,特别是其情感影响,与黑人/非裔美国人和拉丁裔人口中酒精和大麻使用的增加有关.
- 种族认同可以作为一个保护因素,缓冲代理种族主义和吸毒之间的关联.
- 需要进一步的研究,以了解和减轻边缘化群体中代理种族主义对健康的影响.
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