Substance use among late adolescent urban youths: mental health and gender influences.
Substance use among late adolescent urban youths: mental health and gender influences.
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青春期晚期城市青年的药物使用：心理健康和性别影响。
DOI：
10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.08.005
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发表时间：
2010
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Trent,DanielleN
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作者：
Schwinn,TraciM;Schinke,StevenP;Trent,DanielleN
本文探讨了性别和心理健康对城市青少年晚期青少年饮酒、吸烟和非法药物使用的影响。具体地说，我们考察了物质使用率是否因性别而不同，精神健康指数是否因性别而不同并可预测物质使用，以及性别是否调节了心理健康和物质使用之间的关系。我们对400名年轻人的非临床样本的数据主要是在网上收集的。对横断面数据的分析显示，不同性别的药物使用没有差异。心理健康指数因性别而异，女孩报告的抑郁和焦虑症状更严重。男孩和女孩的敌意程度相似。酒精、烟草和毒品的使用与更严重的抑郁、焦虑和敌意症状有关；然而，这种关系并没有受到性别的调节。研究结果提供了证据，在生活在城市地区的晚年青少年中，心理健康状况较差与药物使用增加有关。性别对精神健康和药物使用之间关系的缓和作用的证据并不显著。
This paper explores gender and mental health influences on alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use among late adolescent urban youths. Specifically, we examine whether rates of substance use differ by gender, whether mental health indices differ by gender and are predictive of substance use, and whether gender moderates the relationship between mental health and substance use. Data from our non-clinical sample of 400 youths were collected primarily online. Analysis of cross-sectional data revealed no differences in substance use by gender. Indices of mental health differed by gender, with girls reporting greater symptoms of depression and anxiety. Ratings of hostility were similar for boys and girls. Alcohol, tobacco, and drug use were associated with greater symptoms of depression, anxiety, and hostility; this relationship, however, was not moderated by gender. Study findings provide evidence that among late adolescent youths living in urban areas, poorer mental health status is associated with increased substance use. Evidence of a moderating effect of gender on the relationship between mental health and substance use was not significant.