使用综合数据分析来评估多系统治疗对司法涉及的年轻人的影响的性别差异
Katharine Galbraith1, Christopher R Beam1,2, Stanley J Huey1
1Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
概括
多系统疗法 (MST) 并没有减少司法涉及的青年 (JIY) 的物质使用或犯罪行为. 研究结果表明,MST可能需要改善男性和女性,特别是女性JIY.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 涉及正义的青年 (JIY) 呈现出高水平的物质使用和犯罪行为.
- 多系统疗法 (MST) 是JIY的社会生态干预措施,但由于忽视了性别特异性风险,对女性的有效性受到质疑.
- 现有的干预措施可能无法充分解决女性JIY中药物使用和犯罪的独特发展途径.
研究的目的:
- 调查多系统疗法 (MST) 是否同样有效的男性和女性在司法涉及的青年 (JIY).
- 评估一年内自我报告的大麻使用,酒精使用和犯罪行为的治疗结果.
- 为了确定性别是否与通常服务相比,减轻了MST的有效性.
主要方法:
- 综合数据分析 (IDA) 汇集了来自三个MST试验的数据.
- 将MST的有效性与自我报告的物质使用和违规行为的服务相比较.
- 在一年的随访期内分析治疗结果,检查性别差异.
主要成果:
- 在减少JIY中物质使用和犯罪行为方面,MST并不比通常服务更有效.
- 治疗结果没有受到性别的影响,这表明男性和女性之间的疗效没有显著差异.
- 这项研究是第一个足够强大的分析来比较性差异性传播疾病对美国JIY的影响.
结论:
- 目前的研究结果表明,对于并发性犯罪行为和物质使用的MST可能需要对男性和女性JIY进行增强.
- 对于JIY来说,需要进一步发展心理社会干预措施.
- 未来的干预措施应该明确考虑和解决女性JIY的独特需求.
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