Ecological Momentary Assessment of Racial/Ethnic Microaggressions and Cannabis Use among Black Adults

项目概要/摘要 尽管是美国最大的少数种族群体之一，黑人经验 在健康方面存在显著差异，特别是在大麻相关结果方面。一个可能的原因是 美国的黑人个体受到包括种族在内的压力生活条件的不成比例的影响， 这可能导致大麻使用率上升和与使用有关的问题。种族/族裔 微攻击（MA）比公开歧视更常见（例如，仇恨犯罪） 黑人个体，但几乎没有研究已经审查了他们在大麻使用中的作用，包括是否 经历MAs在时间上与大麻使用动机和大麻使用以及相关 问题以及MA是否占这些大麻结果的显著和独特的差异。目标 这一R21项目是对PA-20-195的直接回应，其目的是阐明MA在大麻使用中的作用， 使用时间抽样方法（在21年的过程中）， 天）。参与者（N=100; 50%女性）将是支持定期使用大麻的黑人成年人。此夕h 目前的建议将确定是否负面影响（焦虑，抑郁，愤怒）在回应MA 解释了MAs和大麻使用动机之间的关系（即，更强烈的渴望，使用的意图， 和应对为导向的动机使用大麻）和使用（即，使用大麻的频率更高， 负面使用相关后果），并测试理论驱动的文化相关弹性因素， 包括宗教信仰、民族-种族认同和积极应对种族歧视。该提案可以 大大提高我们对危险使用大麻的前体和黑人内部相关问题的认识 社区，并为未来的预防和干预计划提供重要的见解。拟议研究 该项目支持国家药物滥用研究所战略计划的目标1：“确定生物， 环境，行为和社会原因和后果的药物使用和成瘾在整个 寿命。”这也符合NIH的UNITE倡议的目标，即支持“关于健康差异的新研究， 少数群体健康和健康公平”。

Project Summary/Abstract Despite being one of the largest racial minority groups in the United States (U.S.), Black individuals experience striking health disparities, particularly in terms of cannabis-related outcomes. One possible reason for this is that this Black individuals in the U.S. are disproportionately affected by stressful life conditions, including race- based discrimination, which may lead to higher rates of cannabis use and use-related problems. Racial/ethnic microaggressions (MA) are more commonly experienced than overt discrimination (e.g., hate crimes) among Black individuals, yet almost no research has examined their role in cannabis use, including whether experiencing MAs is temporally proximally related to cannabis use motivation and cannabis use and related problems and whether MAs account for significant and unique variance in these cannabis outcomes. The goal of this R21 project, which is in direct response to PA-20-195, is to elucidate the role of MAs in cannabis use and cannabis use motivation among Black adults using time sampling methodology (over the course of 21 days). Participants (N=100; 50% female) will be Black adults who endorse regular cannabis use. Further, the present proposal will determine whether negative affect (anxiety, depression, anger) in response to MA accounts for the relation between MAs and cannabis use motivations (i.e., greater craving, intention to use, and coping-oriented motives for cannabis use) and use (i.e., greater frequency of cannabis use, and more negative use-related consequences), and test theoretically driven culturally relevant resilience factors, including religiosity, ethnic-racial identity, and positive coping with racial discrimination. This proposal can significantly advance our knowledge of precursors to risky cannabis use and related problems within the Black community and provide critical insight for future prevention and intervention programs. The proposed research project supports the National Institute of Drug Abuse’s strategic plan’s Goal 1: “identify the biological, environmental, behavioral, and social causes and consequences of drug use and addiction across the lifespan.” It is also in line with NIH’s UNITE initiative’s aim to support “new research on health disparities, minority health, and health equity”.