Perceived cannabis use norms and cannabis use among adolescents in the United States.
Abstract
Due to changes in cannabis policies, concerns about cannabis use (CU) in adolescents
have increased. The population of nonwhite groups is growing quickly in the United
States. We examined perceived CU norms and their association with CU and CU disorder
(CUD) for White, Black, Hispanic, Native-American, Asian-American, Native Hawaiian/Pacific
Islander (NH/PI), and mixed-race adolescents. Data were from adolescents (12-17 years)
in the 2004-2012 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (N = 163,837). Substance
use and CUD were assessed by computer-assisted, self-interviewing methods. Blacks,
Hispanics, Native-Americans, and mixed-race adolescents had greater odds of past-year
CU and CUD than Whites. Among past-year cannabis users (CUs), Hispanics and Native-Americans
had greater odds of having a CUD than Whites. Asian-Americans had the highest prevalence
of perceived parental or close friends' CU disapproval. Native-Americans and mixed-race
adolescents had lower odds than Whites of perceiving CU disapproval from parents or
close friends. In adjusted analyses, adolescent's disapproval of CU, as well as perceived
disapproval by parents or close friends, were associated with a decreased odds of
CU in each racial/ethnic group, except for NHs/PIs. Adolescent's disapproval of CU
was associated with a decreased odds of CUD among CUs for Whites (personal, parental,
and close friends' disapproval), Hispanics (personal, parental, and close friends'
disapproval), and mixed-race adolescents (personal, close friends' disapproval). Racial/ethnic
differences in adolescent CU prevalence were somewhat consistent with adolescents'
reports of CU norm patterns. Longitudinal research on CU health effects should oversample
nonwhite adolescents to assure an adequate sample for analysis and reporting.
Type
Journal articleSubject
Asian-AmericansBlacks
Cannabis use disorder
Hispanics
Marijuana use
Mixed-race
Native Hawaiians
Native-Americans
Pacific Islanders
Adolescent
Age Distribution
Asian Americans
Child
Ethnic Groups
Female
Humans
Male
Marijuana Smoking
Prevalence
Reference Values
Self Report
Socioeconomic Factors
United States
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10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.02.022Publication Info
Wu, Li-Tzy; Swartz, Marvin S; Brady, Kathleen T; Hoyle, Rick H; & NIDA AAPI Workgroup (2015). Perceived cannabis use norms and cannabis use among adolescents in the United States.
J Psychiatr Res, 64. pp. 79-87. 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.02.022. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/10591.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Rick Hoyle
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Research in my lab concerns the means by which adolescents and emerging adults manage
pursuit of their goals through self-regulation. We take a broad view of self-regulation,
accounting for the separate and interactive influences of personality, environment
(e.g., home, school, neighborhood), cognition and emotion, and social influences on
the many facets of goal management. Although we occasionally study these influences
in controlled laboratory experiments, our preference is to study the pu
Marvin Stanley Swartz
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
My major research interest is in examining the effectiveness of services for severely
mentally ill individuals, including factors that improve or impede good outcomes.
Current research includes: the effectiveness of involuntary outpatient commitment,
psychiatric advance directives, criminal justice outcomes for persons with mental
illnesses, violence and mental illness and antipsychotic medications. I also served
as member of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Mandate
Li-Tzy Wu
Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Education/Training: Pre- and post-doctoral training in mental health service research,
psychiatric epidemiology (NIMH T32), and addiction epidemiology (NIDA T32) from Johns
Hopkins University School of Public Health (Maryland); Fellow of the NIH Summer Institute
on the Design and Conduct of Randomized Clinical Trials.Director: Duke Community Based
Substance Use Disorder Research Program.Research interests: COVID-19, Opioid misuse,
Opioid overdose, Opioid use disorder
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