Brown Tamara L, Flory Kate, Lynam Donald R, Leukefeld Carl, Clayton Richard R
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0044, USA.
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2004 Feb;12(1):47-56. doi: 10.1037/1064-1297.12.1.47.
Adolescent marijuana use has tripled recently, and the once-noted race gap between African American and Caucasian adolescents in marijuana use appears to have disappeared. Yet, relatively little research has examined marijuana use among African American adolescents. In this study, we examined developmental trajectories of marijuana use among Caucasian and African American adolescents to identify whether and when differences in marijuana use appear and whether the precursors and outcomes associated with these developmental trajectories differ by race. Findings indicate that both the developmental patterns and outcomes associated with marijuana use are different for African American and Caucasian adolescents. Early-onset Caucasian and mid-onset African American adolescents experienced the greatest number of negative outcomes later in life associated with their marijuana use, suggesting that groups to target for intervention may vary by race.
青少年使用大麻的情况最近增加了两倍，曾经在非裔美国青少年和白人青少年之间存在的大麻使用种族差距似乎已经消失。然而，相对较少的研究探讨了非裔美国青少年中的大麻使用情况。在本研究中，我们研究了白人和非裔美国青少年中大麻使用的发展轨迹，以确定大麻使用差异是否以及何时出现，以及与这些发展轨迹相关的先兆和结果是否因种族而异。研究结果表明，非裔美国青少年和白人青少年在与大麻使用相关的发展模式和结果方面存在差异。早发性白人青少年和中发性非裔美国青少年在日后生活中因使用大麻而经历的负面结果最多，这表明干预的目标群体可能因种族而异。
