Anderberg Mats, Dahlberg Mikael
Linnaeus University, Sweden.
Nordisk Alkohol Nark. 2018 Feb;35(1):24-38. doi: 10.1177/1455072517751263. Epub 2018 Jan 19.
The article describes similarities and differences regarding various risk factors between girls and boys with substance abuse problems who begin outpatient treatment at the Maria clinics in Sweden. Potential hypotheses and some implications are also discussed.
This cross-sectional study was based on interview data from 2169 adolescents obtained over three years from outpatient clinics in 11 Swedish cities.
Girls appear to consistently have more difficult family and childhood environments than boys, and are more likely to have problems related to school, more serious substance abuse problems, and more severe mental health problems. Criminal activity is significantly higher among boys.
The study shows that girls entering treatment generally have significantly more risk factors than boys and thus more extensive problems in several aspects of life, which in turn increases the risk of developing serious drug and alcohol problems in adulthood. The study supports the gender-paradoxical relationship in which a smaller proportion of girls than boys enter treatment for substance abuse, even though girls tend to have more problematic life situations.
本文描述了在瑞典玛丽亚诊所开始门诊治疗的有药物滥用问题的女孩和男孩在各种风险因素方面的异同。还讨论了潜在的假设和一些影响。
这项横断面研究基于从瑞典11个城市的门诊诊所三年内获得的2169名青少年的访谈数据。
女孩似乎始终比男孩面临更困难的家庭和童年环境,并且更有可能出现与学校相关的问题、更严重的药物滥用问题以及更严重的心理健康问题。男孩的犯罪活动明显更高。
该研究表明,进入治疗的女孩通常比男孩有明显更多的风险因素,因此在生活的几个方面存在更广泛的问题,这反过来又增加了成年后患严重药物和酒精问题的风险。该研究支持了性别矛盾关系,即尽管女孩往往有更多问题生活状况,但进入药物滥用治疗的女孩比例低于男孩。