Taggart Tamara, Brown Andre L, Kershaw Trace
1 Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.
2 Center for LGBT Health Research, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Am J Mens Health. 2018 Jul;12(4):944-951. doi: 10.1177/1557988317753222. Epub 2018 Feb 1.
Neighborhoods are key socio-environmental contexts for marijuana use during emerging adulthood. This study examined the relationships between neighborhood context, traditional masculine norms (status, toughness, and anti-femininity), and marijuana use among 119 majority African American emerging adult men in a small urban community. Poisson regression models were used to determine the associations between neighborhood problems, social cohesion, and marijuana use. Moderator effects were examined to determine if masculinities modified these associations. Neighborhood problems and social cohesion were positively associated with marijuana use. Men who had a lower endorsement of some traditional masculine norms had greater marijuana use compared to men with a higher endorsement of these norms. These findings have implications for intervention strategies and policies.
社区是成年初期大麻使用的关键社会环境背景。本研究调查了一个小型城市社区中119名多数为非裔美国成年男性的社区环境、传统男性规范（地位、坚韧和反女性特质）与大麻使用之间的关系。采用泊松回归模型来确定社区问题、社会凝聚力与大麻使用之间的关联。检验了调节效应，以确定男性气质是否会改变这些关联。社区问题和社会凝聚力与大麻使用呈正相关。与那些更认同这些规范的男性相比，对某些传统男性规范认同度较低的男性大麻使用量更大。这些发现对干预策略和政策具有启示意义。
