Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Smith Hall University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA.
Adicciones. 2009;21(4):289-308.
Research on clubbing spans numerous fields and adopts diverse approaches to the populations in question. Yet, a somewhat homogenous narrative has emerged about clubbers and substance use, one that focuses on overconsumption, risky behavior, and considerable consequence. The purpose of our study is to unpack this narrative by exploring how the substance use patterns of clubbing populations differ by individual and scene-level factors. From this, we hope to increase an understanding of how social and cultural factors impact the relationship between clubbers and substance use. We draw on direct observation of 29 club events and interviews with 51 respondents from the hip hop (HH) and electronic dance music (EDM) scenes in Philadelphia to inform our research objective. Analyses revealed two broad criteria on which a substance use-based typology of clubbers can be offered: motivations for clubbing and level and type of scene involvement. From these two dimensions, we are able to distinguish among three types of clubbers: drug sub-cultural members, commercial clubbers, and music connoisseurs. Drug sub-cultural members reported early onset of drug use and a greater frequency of current drug use at largely underground EDM club events and outside them as well. Commercial clubbers had benign histories with drugs, but they reported attending mostly commercialized HH events to get drunk and court the opposite sex. Music connoisseurs reported minimal current drug and alcohol use at exclusively underground EDM and HH club events, following from, in some cases, extensive histories with drugs and alcohol. The differences between these three groups' substance use patterns, we contend, can be attributed to the interplay between numerous social and cultural factors not previously considered.
研究范围涵盖了众多领域，采用了多种方法对相关人群进行研究。然而，对于“夜店族”和他们的物质使用情况，出现了一种相对单一的说法，即关注过度消费、危险行为和严重后果。我们的研究目的是通过探讨夜店人群的物质使用模式如何因个体和现场因素的不同而存在差异，来拆解这种说法。由此，我们希望增加对社会和文化因素如何影响夜店族和物质使用之间关系的理解。我们借鉴了对费城嘻哈（HH）和电子舞曲音乐（EDM）场景中 29 个夜店活动的直接观察以及对 51 名受访者的访谈，为我们的研究目标提供信息。分析结果揭示了可以提供基于物质使用的夜店族分类的两个广泛标准：夜店活动的动机和现场参与的程度和类型。从这两个维度，我们能够区分出三种类型的夜店族：药物亚文化成员、商业夜店族和音乐鉴赏家。药物亚文化成员报告说，他们的药物使用始于较早的年龄，并且在主要是地下 EDM 夜店活动中和这些活动之外，当前的药物使用频率更高。商业夜店族在药物方面有良性的历史，但他们报告说主要参加商业化的 HH 活动是为了喝醉并追求异性。音乐鉴赏家报告说，他们在仅限地下 EDM 和 HH 夜店活动中很少使用当前的药物和酒精，在某些情况下，他们有广泛的药物和酒精使用历史。我们认为，这三组人群的物质使用模式的差异可以归因于以前未被考虑的众多社会和文化因素的相互作用。
