Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2022 Jan;66(1):3-27. doi: 10.1177/0306624X20967939. Epub 2020 Nov 5.
Research consistently finds that unstructured socializing with peers and low self-control are both positively associated with substance use among adolescents. However, largely absent from the literature is a consideration of whether unstructured socializing with peers and low self-control have differential and interactive effects when predicting usage of different classifications of drugs. The current study addresses these issues using data collected on a statewide sample of middle school and high school students who participated in the 2017 Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey. Results indicate that (1) unstructured socializing with peers is a stronger predictor of soft drug use than low self-control, (2) low self-control is a stronger predictor of hard drug use than unstructured socializing with peers, and (3) the effect of unstructured socializing on both soft and hard drug use is diminished among adolescents who are lower in self-control.
研究一直发现，青少年与同伴的无组织社交和低自我控制能力都与物质使用呈正相关。然而，文献中很大程度上忽略了一个问题，即无组织的同伴社交和低自我控制能力在预测不同类别的药物使用时是否具有不同的和相互作用的影响。本研究使用在参与 2017 年佛罗里达州青少年药物滥用调查的全州中学生样本中收集的数据来解决这些问题。结果表明：（1）与同伴的无组织社交比低自我控制能力更能预测软性药物的使用；（2）低自我控制能力比与同伴的无组织社交更能预测硬性药物的使用；（3）在自我控制能力较低的青少年中，无组织社交对软性和硬性药物使用的影响会减弱。
