PREDICTING CONTINUED USE OF MARIJUANA AMONG ADOLESCENTS - THE RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF DRUG-SPECIFIC AND SOCIAL-CONTEXT FACTORS
PREDICTING CONTINUED USE OF MARIJUANA AMONG ADOLESCENTS - THE RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF DRUG-SPECIFIC AND SOCIAL-CONTEXT FACTORS
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DOI：
10.2307/2136857
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发表时间：
1992-03-01
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
RACHAL, JV
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作者：
BAILEY, SL;FLEWELLING, RL;RACHAL, JV
大多数关于青少年吸毒决定因素的研究都集中在开始或当前吸毒的预测因素上。 尽管一些研究人员发现继续使用药物的后果比实验或偶尔使用的后果更严重，但很少有人关注开始使用药物后继续使用药物的决定因素。 在这项研究中，使用了 456 名已经尝试过大麻的中学生和高中生的纵向样本来研究继续使用大麻的决定因素。 根据本研究中实施的定义，近 38% 尝试过大麻的人继续吸食大麻。 潜在的预测指标被分为药物特异性领域和社会背景领域，并在逻辑回归模型中检查了控制背景特征的情况下它们对持续使用的影响。 结果表明，只有药物特异性领域对继续使用的可能性具有统计学上的显着影响。 认为大麻对身体和心理的不利影响并不是停止使用大麻的重要原因的学生，以及那些在使用实验阶段吸毒的学生最有可能在开始使用后继续使用。 结果表明，与社会因素或与使用相关的益处相比，药物所感知的身体和心理影响是继续使用药物的更重要的决定因素。 社会因素与持续使用之间的任何关系都是由药物的感知效果和风险调节的。
Most research on the determinants of adolescent drug use has focused on predictors of either initiation or current use. Little attention has been given to the determinants of continued use of drugs after initiation, even though some researchers have found that the consequences of continued use are more serious than those associated with experimental or occasional use. In this study, a longitudinal sample of 456 secondary and high school students who had already tried marijuana was used to examine the determinants of continued use of marijuana. Nearly 38 percent of those who had tried marijuana continued using, according to the definition operationalized in this study. Potential predictor measures were grouped in a drug-specific domain and a social context domain, and their effects on continued use, controlling for background characteristics, were examined in logistic regression models. Results showed that only the drug-specific domain had a statistically significant effect on the likelihood of continued use. Students who felt that the adverse physical and psychological effects of marijuana were not very important reasons for discontinuing use and those who had gotten stoned during their experimental stage of use were the most likely to continue use after initiation. The results suggest that the perceived physical and psychological effects of the drug are more important determinants of continued use than are social factors or benefits related to use. Any relationships between social factors and continued use are mediated by the perceived effects and risks of the drug.