青少年物质使用轨迹如何受新冠疫情影响:一项加速纵向研究
Adolescents' substance use trajectories across the COVID-19 pandemic: implications of pandemic disruptions and other risk and protective factors
一项加速纵向研究追踪美国中西部682个家庭的两名青少年兄弟姐妹(平均14.44岁)及一名家长,在2019年3月至2023年5月的四波数据中考察酒精与大麻使用轨迹。研究识别出“非使用者”“晚发低频使用”和“早发高频使用”三类轨迹,同等年龄下疫情期间两类使用者的物质使用频率均高于疫情前,早发高频使用者差异更大。轨迹分组最一致的预测因素是父母、兄弟姐妹和朋友的物质使用,以及家庭混乱和经济压力。
This accelerated longitudinal study investigated how the COVID-19 pandemic, associated disruptions, and other risk/protective factors shaped youths' alcohol and cannabis use trajectories. Data were collected from 682 Midwestern U.S. families, each with two adolescent siblings ( M = 14.44 years, SD = 1.54; 49.8% female) and one parent ( M = 45.15 years, SD = 5.37; 85% mothers; 87% of participating parents identified as White, 9% as Black or African American, and 4% as another racial group; 5% were Latinx) across four waves preceding and coinciding with the pandemic (from March 2019 through May 2023). Across the full age span modeled (11.25 to 20.75 years), in addition to “non-users,” two trajectory classes were identified for both alcohol and cannabis reflecting patterns of “later onset, infrequent use” and “earlier onset, more frequent use”. Comparing equivalent aged youth, substance use frequency was higher during than before the pandemic in both trajectory classes and for both substances, with greater differences among earlier frequent users. Across pandemic-related experiences and risk/protective factors, substance use trajectory group membership was most consistently predicted by parent, sibling, and friend substance use, and also by family chaos and financial strain. Overall, the pandemic amplified trajectories of use among substance-using youth. As heavier substance use trajectories negatively impact role transitions, substance problems, and health, continued support across the transition to adulthood may help mitigate ongoing impacts of the pandemic.
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来源:Child Development · academic.oup.com