损失的持久影响? 在LGB人群中丧偶和吸毒
Anne E Barrett1, Jessica Noblitt2
1Department of Sociology, Pepper Institute on Aging & Public Policy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
International journal of aging & human development
|November 18, 2024
概括
寡妇增加了性少数群体使用毒品的风险,即使在合作伙伴. 这项研究揭示了丧亲对女同性恋,男同性恋,双性恋和跨性别者的物质使用的影响.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 关于寡妇对外化痛苦的影响的研究有限,例如性少数群体中物质使用.
- 之前关于寡妇的研究主要集中在内化痛苦和一般人群上.
研究的目的:
- 调查寡妇与外化形式的痛苦之间的关联,特别是在美国的女同性恋,男同性恋,双性恋和跨性别 (LGB) 个人的全国样本中使用物质 (吸烟,过度饮酒,吸毒).
- 检查当前的合伙人身份是否会缓和丧偶和吸毒之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 利用了2010年"自豪地老龄化:国家健康,老龄化和性/性别研究"的数据,这是一个LGB人群的大型国家样本 (n=2,258).
- 采用后勤回归模型来预测目前的吸烟,过去30天的暴饮酒和过去一年的药物使用,基于寡妇身份和当前的伴侣身份.
主要成果:
- 寡妇与过去一年使用毒品的可能性更高显著相关.
- 寡妇和吸毒之间的这种关联即使在目前有伴侣的个人中也仍然显著,这表明当前的伴侣关系并没有完全抵消这种影响.
- 寡妇并没有预测目前的吸烟或过去30天的暴饮暴酒.
- 结果在男女中是一致的.
结论:
- 寡妇对LGB个人的物质使用的影响是复杂的,并且根据物质类型和当前伴侣地位而异.
- 与内化痛苦不同,外化痛苦 (药物使用) 在这个人群中显示出与寡妇的特定联系.
- 调查结果强调,需要为悲伤的LGB个人提供量身定制的支持,考虑到他们的物质使用模式和关系状况.
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