Gender and ethnic differences in smoking, drinking and illicit drug use among American 8th, 10th and 12th grade students, 1976-2000
Gender and ethnic differences in smoking, drinking and illicit drug use among American 8th, 10th and 12th grade students, 1976-2000
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DOI：
10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00282.x
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发表时间：
2003-02-01
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6
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Johnston, LD
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作者：
Wallace, JM;Bachman, JG;Johnston, LD
目的研究美国8年级、10年级和12年级学生在合法和非法药物使用方面的种族差异。尤其关注女孩。设计本研究采用大数据的横断面数据。种族多样化，具有全国代表性的八年级，十年级和十二年级女生样本。数据通过在学校进行问卷调查收集。参与者共40416名八年级女生和37977名八年级男生。参加研究的有35451名10年级女生和33188名10年级男生，33588名12年级女生和314014名12年级男生。研究发现，在不同种族中，美洲原住民女孩的吸毒率最高，黑人和亚裔女孩的吸毒率最低。趋势数据表明，随着时间的推移，女孩的吸毒情况发生了重大变化，女孩和男孩的吸毒模式正在趋同。结论：美国少女吸毒现象普遍。未来的研究应进一步检查女孩的吸毒情况，并设法确定在过去主要基于白人样本的研究中确定的风险和保护因素是否也是非白人女孩吸毒的重要预测因素。
Aims This paper examines ethnic differences in licit and illicit drug use among American 8th, 10th and 12th grade students. with a particular focus on girls.Design The study uses cross-sectional data from large. ethnically diverse, nationally representative samples of 8th, 10th and 12th grade girls.Setting Data were collected through questionnaires administered in schools.Participants A total of 40 416 8th grade girls and 37 977 8th grade boys. 35 451 10th grade girls and 33 188 10th grade boys, and 33 588 12th grade girls and 31 014 12th grade boys took part in the Study.Findings Across ethnic groups, drug use is highest among Native American girls and lowest among black and Asian American girls. Trend data suggest that there have been important changes in girls' drug use over time and that girls' and boys' drug use patterns are converging.Conclusions Drug use is widespread among American adolescent girls. Future research should examine further girls' drug use and seek to identify whether risk and protective factors identified in past research, based on predominantly white samples, are also important predictors for drug use among non-white girls.