Contexts of Marijuana Use and Cessation among Frequently-Using Youth in Primary Care

Autor/inn/en	Mehta, Clare M.; Burke, Pamela E.; Shrier, Lydia A.
Titel	Contexts of Marijuana Use and Cessation among Frequently-Using Youth in Primary Care
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 54 (2022) 1, S.43-67 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mehta, Clare M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X20951060
Schlagwörter	Marijuana; Drug Abuse; Barriers; Urban Youth; Health Behavior; Adolescents; Young Adults; Physical Health; Cognitive Ability; Goal Orientation; Money Management; Stress Variables; Psychological Patterns; Social Influences; Context Effect; Peer Influence; Family Influence; Intervention; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Neighborhoods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Gesundheitszustand; Denkfähigkeit; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Sozialer Einfluss; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft
Abstract	Although increasing numbers of youth are seeking help to reduce or abstain from marijuana use, little research has investigated the contextual facilitators and barriers to doing so among urban youth utilizing primary care. We qualitatively investigated contextual facilitators and barriers to marijuana reduction/abstinence in an ethnically diverse primary care sample of youth who frequently use marijuana. We interviewed thirteen (Black/African American (69%), Hispanic (8%), White (8%) unknown (15%)) youth (eight females) aged 15-23 years (mean = 19.46). Data were analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Participants' motivations for marijuana reduction/abstinence included physical health, cognitive functioning, future goals, and money. Barriers to reduction/abstinence were psychological (e.g. stress and boredom), and sociocontextual (e.g. family, friends, and the neighborhood). Our findings suggest using a two-pronged approach to support marijuana reduction/abstinence in youth: individual-level interventions to address psychological factors that impede behavior change, and broader community-based interventions to address sociocontextual factors. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01