Gender Differences in Consequences of Teenage Drug Use

青少年吸毒后果的性别差异

• 批准号: 6772168
• 负责人: Kerry M Green
• 金额: $ 5.4万
• 依托单位: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-04-01 至 2005-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6772168
• 关键词: African American; adolescence (12-20); behavioral /social science research tag; child psychology; child rearing; clinical research; data collection methodology /evaluation; drug abuse; friendships; gender difference; human subject; interpersonal relations; interview; job performance; longitudinal human study; marriage /marital status; mathematical model; outcomes research; role; social integration; social psychology; socioeconomics; statistics /biometry

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of the study is to examine gender differences in the effects of adolescent drug use on young adulthood social role functioning. This study will provide a better understanding of how a behavioral life-style of drug involvement during adolescence affects an individual's social and interpersonal development and role fulfillment beyond the years of adolescence, and specifically, how males and females are impacted differently. The importance of focusing on the consequence of adolescent drug use is highlighted by the widespread nature of the problem, the potential devastating effects of continued use, and the lack of adequate research and theory on long-term consequences. Though it is generally assumed that drug use is problematic, there is a lack of evidence (1) demonstrating negative effects of drug use in adolescence, (2) connecting specific drugs to specific outcomes, and (3) comparing outcomes in males and females. An exploration of whether experimental drug use has negative long-term consequences and understanding gender differences in its consequences will help improve prevention programs and other public health activities. Though the range of potential consequences is tremendous, the proposed study, based on Life Course Theory, will focus on outcomes in three areas: (1) job functioning, (2) social integration (community involvement and friendship formation), and (3) family formation and stability (marriage and parenting). The proposed study will focus on gender differences with particular attention to consequences for female adolescents who use drugs. Very little effort has been devoted to understanding how the consequences of drug use differ by gender. Adolescent girls are increasingly becoming involved in using drugs; however, there is a lack of knowledge of whether the consequences are the same for males and females. As men and women have historically had different roles in society, it is expected that adolescent drug use will affect females differently than males later in life. This study will be conducted by examining data collected through interviews with an entire cohort of first graders in the Woodlawn community of Chicago who were followed from 1966-67 to the present time. Participants are African American and were mostly economically disadvantaged when the study began. Overall, they reported extensive involvement in drug use and varying degrees of later success. Structural equation modeling and regression will be employed to analyze the effect of adolescent drug use on multiple outcome variables.

描述（由申请人提供）：本研究的目的是探讨青少年吸毒对青年社会角色功能影响的性别差异。本研究将更好地理解青少年时期吸毒的行为生活方式如何影响个人在青春期后的社会和人际发展以及角色实现，特别是男性和女性如何受到不同的影响。问题的广泛性、继续使用药物的潜在破坏性影响以及缺乏关于长期后果的充分研究和理论，都突出了重视青少年吸毒后果的重要性。虽然人们普遍认为吸毒是有问题的，但缺乏证据(1)证明青少年吸毒的负面影响，(2)将特定药物与特定结果联系起来，以及(3)比较男性和女性的结果。探索实验性药物使用是否有负面的长期后果，并了解其后果中的性别差异，将有助于改善预防计划和其他公共卫生活动。