Lockhart W H, Lennox M
J Adolesc. 1983 Mar;6(1):43-55. doi: 10.1016/s0140-1971(83)80055-4.
Because of concern over the increasing number of teenage boys being admitted to secure facilities with a background of solvent abuse this study set out to compare such boys with a sample drawn from a drop-in youth centre. It was discovered that the secure unit boys were more likely to have habitually abused solvents than their youth centre counterparts. However their drinking and smoking habits were similar. A measure of neuropsychiatric and psychosomatic symptoms showed that the "sniffers" had a higher mean score than "non-sniffers" in the secure unit--although the difference was not statistically significant. Sniffing was associated with heightened emotions, with approximately half the "sniffers" associating sniffing with pleasant feelings and the other half with unpleasant experiences. It was suggested that those who construe sniffing positively are more likely to have socially determined reasons for abuse, whereas those who construe it negatively may have psychologically determined reasons. Finally, results from a Delinquency Implications Matrix suggested that sniffing was viewed as part of a delinquent syndrome and not as a discrete activity by the boys concerned.
由于对越来越多有溶剂滥用背景的青少年男孩被送入安全机构感到担忧，本研究着手将这些男孩与从一个青少年活动中心抽取的样本进行比较。结果发现，与青少年活动中心的同龄人相比，安全机构的男孩更有可能习惯性地滥用溶剂。然而，他们的饮酒和吸烟习惯相似。一项神经精神和心身症状测量显示，在安全机构中，“吸嗅者”的平均得分高于“非吸嗅者”——尽管差异没有统计学意义。吸嗅与情绪高涨有关，大约一半的“吸嗅者”将吸嗅与愉悦的感觉联系在一起，另一半则与不愉快的经历联系在一起。有人认为，那些对吸嗅持积极看法的人更有可能有社会决定的滥用原因，而那些持消极看法的人可能有心理决定的原因。最后，犯罪影响矩阵的结果表明，在相关男孩看来，吸嗅被视为犯罪综合征的一部分，而不是一种独立的行为。
