Department of General Studies and Behavioural Sciences, University of the Commonwealth Caribbean , Kingston, Jamaica.
Department of Community Health & Psychiatry, University of the West Indies , Kingston, Jamaica.
Psychol Health Med. 2020 Aug;25(7):824-831. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2019.1672878. Epub 2019 Oct 9.
The objective of this study was to assess whether students' sense of belonging at school was associated with cannabis use among secondary school students in Barbados. This was a cross-sectional study involving a nationally representative weighted sample of 8,538 students drawn from 2 to 6 forms across public and private secondary schools in Barbados in 2013. Descriptive and inferential statistics was performed using SPSS. Students who had a sense of belonging at school, were attending public schools and were in the 2nd form, had higher odds of reporting past-year and past-month cannabis use. We conclude that there was a significant positive association between students' sense of belonging at school and cannabis use.
本研究旨在评估巴巴多斯中学生的学校归属感是否与大麻使用有关。这是一项横断面研究，涉及 2013 年从巴巴多斯公立和私立中学的 2 到 6 年级抽取的具有全国代表性的加权样本，共 8538 名学生。使用 SPSS 进行描述性和推论统计。有学校归属感、就读于公立学校和处于 2 年级的学生，报告过去一年和过去一个月大麻使用的可能性更高。我们的结论是，学生的学校归属感与大麻使用之间存在显著的正相关关系。
