Early adolescent marijuana use: risks for the transition to young adulthood
Early adolescent marijuana use: risks for the transition to young adulthood
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DOI：
10.1017/s0033291701004809
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发表时间：
2002-01-01
影响因子：
6.9
通讯作者：
Johnson, E
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作者：
Brook, JS;Adams, RE;Johnson, E
背景这项研究评估了早期青少年大麻使用与向年轻成年过渡所不可或缺的发育任务表现的关系。这些任务涉及亲密关系、教育、工作和社会一致性。非裔美国人（N = 617）和波多黎各（N = 53 1）青年在他们的教室完成问卷。五年后，他们被单独采访。Logistic回归分析估计早期大麻使用者向年轻成人社会角色过渡的可能性增加。研究早期大麻使用与20个结果变量之间的关联的分析发现，其中10个变量之间存在显著关系：（a）教育和职业期望较低;（B）被停学或开除，被解雇，在学校或工作中“高”，领取福利;（c）虔诚，不参加生产活动，不参加教会，未婚父母。性行为的使用与任何亲密关系的测量都没有关系。这些发现与性别，种族，年龄和母亲的教育控制。在非裔美国人和波多黎各人中，早期使用大麻预示着在成为独立的年轻人所不可或缺的一些发展任务上表现不佳。大麻不是一种良性药物，它与个人和整个社会的未来风险有关。
Background. This study assessed the relationship of early adolescent marijuana use to performance of developmental tasks integral to the transition to young adulthood. The tasks concerned intimacy, education, and work and social conformity.Methods. African American (N = 617) and Puerto Rican (N = 53 1) youths completed questionnaires in their classrooms. Five years later they were individually interviewed. Logistic regression analysis estimated the increased likelihood that early marijuana users would make an inadequate transition to young adult social roles.Results. Analyses examining the association between early marijuana use and 20 outcome variables found significant relationships for 10 of them: (a) having lower educational and occupational expectations; (b) being suspended or expelled from school, fired from jobs, 'high' at school or work, collecting welfare; and (c) rebelliousness, not participating in productive activities, not attending church, and being an unmarried parent. Marijuana use was not related to any of the intimate relationship measures. These finding emerged with controls on gender, ethnicity, age and mother's education.Conclusions. Among African Americans and Puerto Ricans, early marijuana use predicts less adequate performance on some developmental tasks integral to becoming an independent young adult. Marijuana is not a benign drug and is associated with future risks for the individual and society at large.