Mainous A G, Martin C A, Oler M J, Richardson E T, Haney A S
Department of Family Practice, Kentucky Clinic, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536-0284, USA.
Adolescence. 1996 Winter;31(124):807-15.
A factor that has received little investigation concerns the feeling state of need fulfillment and how this may relate to the significant public health problem of adolescent substance use. A survey of 823 students was conducted at a suburban public high school in the Southeastern United States. The questionnaire contained a scale focusing on fulfillment of adolescent needs, the Children's Depression Inventory, and items on current substance use. The results of t-tests indicated that the higher the adolescent is on the Need scale, the greater the likelihood of engaging in substance use (p < .05). Further, results indicated that cigarette smoking, drinking alcohol, and smoking marijuana are associated with significantly higher scores on the Need scale for both males and females. Although the Need scale was significantly positively correlated with the Children's Depression Inventory (r = .45, p = .0001), the two feeling states were not collinear. However, the Need scale was not significantly correlated with age, indicating that the need state is not simply a developmental process (r = .04, p = .11). The results suggest that a feeling state of unfulfilled needs may propel adolescents into the destructive behavior of substance use. A state of high wants and needs that cannot be gratified simply in a complex society may be a precursor of substance use.
一个鲜有研究的因素涉及需求满足的情感状态以及这可能如何与青少年物质使用这一重大公共卫生问题相关联。在美国东南部的一所郊区公立高中对823名学生进行了一项调查。问卷包含一个聚焦于青少年需求满足的量表、儿童抑郁量表以及关于当前物质使用的项目。t检验结果表明，青少年在需求量表上的得分越高，从事物质使用的可能性就越大（p < .05）。此外，结果表明，吸烟、饮酒和吸食大麻与男性和女性在需求量表上的得分显著更高相关。尽管需求量表与儿童抑郁量表显著正相关（r = .45，p = .0001），但这两种情感状态并非共线。然而，需求量表与年龄无显著相关性，表明需求状态并非简单的发展过程（r = .04，p = .11）。结果表明，需求未得到满足的情感状态可能促使青少年陷入物质使用这种破坏性行为。在一个复杂社会中无法简单得到满足的高欲望和高需求状态可能是物质使用的一个先兆。
