Kelly Brian C, Trimarco James, LeClair Amy, Pawson Mark, Parsons Jeffrey T, Golub Sarit A
Department of Sociology, Purdue University; Center for HIV Educational Studies and Training, CUNY.
Sociol Health Illn. 2015 Mar;37(3):325-39. doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.12193. Epub 2014 Dec 20.
Prescription drug misuse among young adults has surged over the past decade. Yet the contexts surrounding this misuse remain unclear, particularly the subcultural contexts. Many young urban adults participate in youth cultures. This article describes the subcultural contexts of prescription drug misuse in youth subcultures. Drawing on ethnographic data collected over 12 months from different youth cultural scenes, the authors describe the subcultural bases of prescription drug misuse. The symbolic boundaries and subcultural capital inherent in these scenes shape the ways youth think about drugs and behave accordingly. While young adults are often lumped together by theorists, ethnographic data show considerable variation across these subcultures with regard to what may enable or inhibit prescription drug misuse. The broader subcultural ethos in each scene, as well as attitudes towards other types of drugs, frame the ways that prescription drugs are perceived and used in each of these settings. The findings highlight the role of symbolic boundaries and subcultural capital in shaping routine practices of drug use among young adults. These data show that education campaigns about prescription drug misuse should take into account the variability in youth cultural scenes to maximise the efficacy of these messages aimed at young adults.
在过去十年中，美国年轻人滥用处方药的现象激增。然而，围绕这种滥用行为的背景仍不明确，尤其是亚文化背景。许多年轻的城市成年人参与青年文化。本文描述了青年亚文化中处方药滥用的亚文化背景。作者利用在12个月内从不同青年文化场景收集的人种志数据，描述了处方药滥用的亚文化基础。这些场景中固有的象征边界和亚文化资本塑造了年轻人对药物的看法及相应行为。虽然理论家们常常将年轻人归为一类，但人种志数据显示，这些亚文化在促成或抑制处方药滥用方面存在相当大的差异。每个场景中更广泛的亚文化精神以及对其他类型药物的态度，决定了在这些环境中人们对处方药的认知和使用方式。研究结果凸显了象征边界和亚文化资本在塑造年轻人日常用药行为方面的作用。这些数据表明，关于处方药滥用的教育活动应考虑到青年文化场景的多样性，以最大限度地提高针对年轻人的这些信息的效果。
