美国大学生中酒精,大麻和电子烟使用/共用和心理健康的模式
Camillia K Lui1, Wura Jacobs2, Joshua S Yang3
1Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Emeryville, California, USA.
Substance use & misuse
|October 7, 2024
概括
酒精,大麻和电子烟的双重和多重物质使用与大学生中更高的抑郁和焦虑有关. 这些风险因性别和种族而异,表明复杂的关系超出了简单的加法.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 药物使用研究 药物使用研究
背景情况:
- 吸毒和心理健康密切相关,特别是在大学生中.
- 有限的研究存在于双重和多重物质使用对这种人口中的抑郁和焦虑的具体风险.
- 了解这些关联对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查单独,双重和多重物质使用 (酒精,大麻,电子烟) 与抑郁症/焦虑症之间的关系.
- 分析这些跨不同种族和种族小组的关联,并按性别分层.
- 为大学生提供数据,以制定有效的心理健康策略.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自美国83,467名本科生 (2020-2021年健康思维调查) 的数据.
- 采用性别分层后勤回归模型来评估风险.
- 定义的独家,双重和多重物质使用和测量焦虑 (GAD-7) 和抑郁 (PHQ-9) 评分.
主要成果:
- 在女性中,双重使用者 (大麻/电子烟) 患抑郁症 (aOR=1.92) 和焦虑症 (aOR=1.69) 的几率最高,而非仅饮酒的使用者.
- 在男性中,双重使用者 (大麻/电子烟) 患抑郁症 (aOR=2.72) 和焦虑症 (aOR=2.23) 的几率最高,而非仅饮酒的使用者.
- 与白人学生相比,非洲裔美国学生报告焦虑和抑郁的几率较低.
结论:
- 单独,双重和多重物质使用与大学生焦虑和抑郁的可能性增加有关.
- 吸食物质对心理健康的影响并不完全是附加的,并且因物质组合和人口统计学因素而异.
- 调查结果强调,需要在高等教育中对物质使用和心理健康支持采取细微的方法.
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