Methamphetamine Use and Violent Behavior: User Perceptions and Predictors.
Methamphetamine Use and Violent Behavior: User Perceptions and Predictors.
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DOI：
10.1177/0022042613491098
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发表时间：
2013-10
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Herbeck D
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作者：
Brecht ML;Herbeck D
这项研究描述了甲基苯丙胺使用者认为他们的甲基苯丙胺使用导致暴力行为的程度，并描述了自我报告的特定暴力犯罪行为的流行程度，无论甲基苯丙胺的使用。这两个暴力相关的指标，在潜在的相关性从物质使用史，犯罪史，和健康风险领域的预测进行了检查。数据来自对加州一个大县350名接受药物使用治疗的甲基苯丙胺使用者的广泛采访。大多数人（56%）认为他们使用甲基苯丙胺导致暴力行为; 59%的人报告了具体的暴力犯罪行为。对于超过一半的报告暴力犯罪行为的人来说，这种行为模式开始于甲基苯丙胺开始之前。因此，对于甲基苯丙胺使用者的子样本，暴力可能与甲基苯丙胺使用以外的因素有关。对于那些有最严重的甲基苯丙胺相关问题，特别是偏执狂的人来说，使用甲基苯丙胺导致暴力的感觉似乎最强烈。
This study describes the extent to which methamphetamine users perceive that their methamphetamine use has resulted in violent behavior, and describes the level of self-reported prevalence of specific violent criminal behaviors irrespective of methamphetamine use. Predictors of these two violence-related indicators, in terms of potential correlates from substance use history, criminal history, and health risk domains are examined. Data are from extensive interviews of 350 methamphetamine users who received substance use treatment in a large California county. A majority (56%) perceived that their methamphetamine use resulted in violent behavior; 59% reported specific violent criminal behaviors. For more than half of those reporting violent criminal behavior, this behavior pattern began before methamphetamine initiation. Thus, for a subsample of methamphetamine users, violence may be related to factors other than methamphetamine use. Users' perceptions that their methamphetamine use resulted in violence appears strongest for those with the most severe methamphetamine-related problems, particularly paranoia.