Regional Center for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsö, Norway.
The Stockholm Center for Health and Social Change (SCOHOST), Södertörn University, Huddinge, Sweden.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2018 Jul;53(7):709-716. doi: 10.1007/s00127-018-1524-z. Epub 2018 May 2.
To determine the prevalence of inhalant use in Russian adolescents and to investigate associated psychosocial problems from a gender perspective.
Data on inhalant use and comorbid psychopathology were collected by means of self-reports from 2892 (42.4% boys) sixth to tenth grade students in public schools in Arkhangelsk, Russia. Multivariate analysis of covariance was used to assess differences in the levels of internalizing and externalizing problems in boys and girls, who were non-users and users of inhalants.
The prevalence of inhalant use was 6.1% among boys and 3.4% among girls. Compared with non-users, inhalant users scored significantly higher on internalizing and externalizing problems, functional impairment and lower on academic motivation, with psychopathology increasing with age. While there were no gender differences for internalizing problems, increased levels of externalizing problems in inhalant users were gender-specific (significantly higher in boys).
Inhalant use is related to significantly higher levels of comorbid psychopathology in Russian adolescents. Comprehensive, evidence-based prevention and intervention policies are needed to address inhalant use and its harmful effects.
从性别角度出发，确定俄罗斯青少年中吸入剂使用的流行率，并调查相关的心理社会问题。
通过自我报告，收集了来自俄罗斯阿尔汉格尔斯克市公立学校 2892 名（42.4%为男生）六年级至十年级学生的吸入剂使用和共病精神病理学数据。使用协方差多元分析评估了非使用者和使用者之间男孩和女孩内在和外在问题水平的差异。
男孩的吸入剂使用率为 6.1%，女孩为 3.4%。与非使用者相比，吸入剂使用者在内在和外在问题、功能障碍方面的得分明显更高，在学术动机方面的得分则较低，且精神病理学随年龄增长而增加。虽然内在问题没有性别差异，但吸入剂使用者的外在问题水平存在性别特异性（男孩明显更高）。
在俄罗斯青少年中，吸入剂使用与共病精神病理学水平显著升高有关。需要制定综合的、基于证据的预防和干预政策，以解决吸入剂使用及其有害影响。
