Department of Sociology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Subst Use Misuse. 2021;56(6):819-830. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2021.1899226. Epub 2021 Mar 23.
The aim of this study was to examine whether three theories of adolescent substance use-social learning, social bonding, and self-control-were useful for predicting adolescent nicotine vaping. : The analysis utilized data on U.S. 8th and 10th grade students from the 2017 and 2018 Monitoring the Future (MTF) studies, repeated cross-sectional surveys that included 11,624 youth who responded to questions about past 12-month nicotine vaping. Measures from each of the three theories were used to predict the outcome using a zero-inflated negative binomial model. : The results demonstrated that variables from social learning and self-control theories were key predictors of nicotine vaping. Friends' substance use appeared as the most consequential predictor, followed by low self-control or higher risk-taking propensities. An interaction effect also suggested that friends' substance use had a stronger association with nicotine vaping among youth who reported higher self-control. : The findings suggested that adolescent nicotine vaping is a consequence of social learning influences and low self-control. Future research should explore these and similar factors in more detail.
本研究旨在检验三种青少年物质使用理论（社会学习理论、社会联结理论和自我控制理论）是否有助于预测青少年尼古丁吸电子烟行为。本分析利用了来自美国 2017 年和 2018 年“监测未来”（MTF）研究的 8 年级和 10 年级学生的数据，这是一项重复的横断面调查，包括 11624 名对过去 12 个月尼古丁吸电子烟情况做出回应的青少年。使用零膨胀负二项模型，从三个理论中的每个理论的测量值来预测结果。结果表明，社会学习和自我控制理论的变量是尼古丁吸电子烟的关键预测因素。朋友的物质使用似乎是最具影响力的预测因素，其次是自我控制水平较低或风险偏好较高。一个交互效应也表明，在报告自我控制水平较高的青少年中，朋友的物质使用与尼古丁吸电子烟的关联更强。研究结果表明，青少年尼古丁吸电子烟是社会学习影响和自我控制水平低的结果。未来的研究应该更详细地探讨这些因素和类似的因素。
