在新兴成年人的浪漫关系中使用酒精和大麻:与关系运作和生活质量的关联
Joan S Tucker1, Wendy M Troxel1, Anthony Rodriguez1
1RAND Corporation.
Emerging adulthood (Print)
|August 29, 2025
概括
已婚成年人表现出不同的酒精和大麻使用模式. 与较重的使用相比,不常见的类似物质使用与更好的幸福感有关.
科学领域:
- 心理学
- 社会学
- 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 成年期是一个关键的发展时期,
- 包括酒精和大麻在内的物质使用在新兴成年人中普遍存在,并可能影响人际关系.
- 了解恋爱关系中的药物使用模式对于促进幸福至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定在恋爱关系中使用酒精和大麻的不同模式.
- 研究这些物质使用模式与关系功能 (满意度,稳定性) 之间的关联.
- 研究药物使用模式与个人幸福感 (生活满意度,焦虑,抑郁) 之间的联系.
主要方法:
- 根据自己报告的酒精和大麻使用情况对夫妇进行了潜在的分析.
- 在2020年和2021年,调查数据收集了1,214名新兴恋爱关系中的成年人.
- 统计分析检查了幸福感和人际关系的横向关联和纵向变化.
主要成果:
- 研究人员确定了四种不同的物质使用情况:一致的不频繁使用,几乎每天的伴侣大麻使用,几乎每天的受访者大麻使用,以及一致的中度酒精/几乎每天的大麻使用.
- 与使用度较高的夫妇相比,报告使用度较少的夫妇表现出明显更高的幸福感.
- 在不一致的使用模式或一年的随访期内,没有发现幸福感或关系功能方面的显著差异.
结论:
- 在新兴的成年人关系中,药物使用模式各不相同,不频繁使用与更好的结果有关.
- 在一年的不同药物使用模式中,关系功能和幸福感似乎相对稳定.
- 这些发现强调了在新兴成年人吸毒背景下考虑关系动态的重要性.
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