与种族主义有关的经历和物质使用:系统和元分析性审查
Chantel T Ebrahimi1, Hannah Song2, Monica Machado1
1Department of Psychology, The New School, New York, NY, USA.
Social science & medicine (1982)
|October 26, 2024
概括
与种族主义相关的经历与青少年和新兴成年人中增加的物质使用有关. 解决多层次的种族主义对于预防和治疗少数群体中物质使用至关重要.
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:
- 人际种族主义是吸食物质,特别是酒精的已知危险因素.
- 其他形式的种族主义和多样化物质使用之间的关联正在出现,但结果各不相同.
- 少数民族的青少年和新兴成年人面临着与种族主义有关的独特压力.
研究的目的:
- 系统地审查和元分析多层次种族主义相关经验和各种物质使用结果之间的关联.
- 检查不同物质之间的这些关联,包括酒精,烟草,大麻和非法药物.
- 探索年龄,性别和种族/种族的潜在缓和效应.
主要方法:
- 使用纽卡斯尔-太华尺度 (NOS) 进行系统的文献搜索和质量评估.
- 随机效应元分析以估计七种物质使用结果的聚合效应大小.
- 包括91项研究 (N=190,065) 关注青少年和新兴成年人 (12-29岁).
主要成果:
- 在与种族主义相关的经历和所有检查的物质使用结果之间发现了显著的积极关联.
- 聚合效应大小很小,但在物质使用类别中是一致的.
- 观察到年龄,性别和种族/种族的缓和效应.
结论:
- 与种族主义相关的经历代表了种族少数群体年轻人中药物使用的重大风险因素.
- 干预措施必须解决种族主义的多面性质,以有效预防和治疗.
- 需要对较少研究的种族主义形式 (在线,历史) 以及它们与物质使用的联系进行进一步的研究.
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