Thurstone Christian, Binswanger Ingrid A, Corsi Karen F, Rinehart Deborah J, Booth Robert E
Denver Health and Hospital Authority.
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA.
Adolesc Psychiatry (Hilversum). 2013;3(2):190-194. doi: 10.2174/2210676611303020010.
The number of medical marijuana patients is increasing. This increase raises important concerns about how medical marijuana use may affect parenting.
Thirty-two adult medical marijuana patients participated in focus groups. The focus groups were audio-recorded and transcribed. The transcriptions were coded by a team that met regularly to resolve coding differences. Codes related to parenting were used to develop a conceptual model for this manuscript.
Six of 11 participants who identified being parents reported that using marijuana helped them to be calmer with their children and to manage difficult emotions related to parenting. At the same time, most medical marijuana patients did not want their children to use marijuana. Their concerns about their children led to different strategies related to storing medical marijuana securely and how to communicate with children about medical marijuana use.
These findings show that many medical marijuana patients are concerned about their children using marijuana and may be open to strategies to addressing this issue with their children. These findings also show that some medical marijuana patients may benefit from alternative strategies for managing difficult emotions related to parenting.
医用大麻患者的数量正在增加。这一增长引发了人们对使用医用大麻如何影响育儿的重要担忧。
32名成年医用大麻患者参加了焦点小组。焦点小组进行了录音和转录。转录内容由一个团队进行编码,该团队定期开会解决编码差异。与育儿相关的代码被用于为本手稿建立一个概念模型。
11名自称是父母的参与者中有6人报告说,使用大麻有助于他们对孩子更冷静,并管理与育儿相关的困难情绪。与此同时,大多数医用大麻患者不希望他们的孩子使用大麻。他们对孩子的担忧导致了与安全储存医用大麻以及如何与孩子交流医用大麻使用相关的不同策略。
这些发现表明,许多医用大麻患者担心他们的孩子使用大麻,并且可能愿意采取策略与孩子解决这个问题。这些发现还表明,一些医用大麻患者可能受益于管理与育儿相关的困难情绪的替代策略。