考虑到年龄和性别差异，探索加拿大大麻消费的耻辱

IF 2.8 Q1 Psychology

Addictive Behaviors Reports Pub Date : 2025-04-13 DOI:10.1016/j.abrep.2025.100608

Emily C. Rowe , Ashlee R.L. Coles , Laura M. Harris-Lane , Nick Harris , Lisa Bishop , Rachel Howells , Jennifer Donnan

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摘要

尽管加拿大已将大麻合法化，但对大麻消费者的污名仍然很明显，尤其是对年轻大麻消费者。我们的研究调查了对年轻大麻消费者的耻辱是如何因年龄和性别而不同的。此外，我们还探讨了参与者的大麻消费、年龄和性别认同对他们对耻辱的看法的影响。方法18岁及以上的加拿大公民使用实验性小插图设计完成了一项在线横断面调查（N = 1,114）。参与者被随机分配阅读六篇描述大麻消费者的小短文中的一篇，这些大麻消费者的年龄（14岁、21岁和28岁）和性别（男性、女性）各不相同。参与者完成了社会距离调查作为耻辱感的依赖测量。进行了两因子方差分析，以评估小插图人物的年龄和性别，以及参与者的年龄和性别认同对污名的影响。结果被调查者（年龄为48.42,SD = 16.64）对青少年消费者（14岁）的污名化态度高于21岁和28岁的消费者。此外，年龄较大的参与者（70岁以上）比年轻的参与者（18-29岁和30-39岁）表现出更多的污名化态度。最后，在过去6个月内没有吸食大麻的参与者比那些报告有使用大麻频率的参与者表现出更多的污名化态度。结论：耻辱仍然是一个问题，特别是对年轻的大麻消费者。这些发现强调了制定有针对性的早期干预措施和教育战略的重要性，这些战略旨在减少污名化，特别是在那些持有更多污名化态度的人，如非大麻消费者和老年人中，这可能有助于减轻诸如减少寻求帮助行为和社会孤立等负面结果。影响声明对大麻消费者的污名在年轻消费者（14岁）中最大，其次是21岁和28岁。具体来说，与年轻一代相比，老一辈（70岁以上）更容易感到耻辱。基于小插图人物的性别或研究参与者的性别认同，对大麻消费者的耻辱没有主要影响。

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Exploring cannabis consumption stigma in Canada with consideration of age and gender differences

Background

Despite cannabis legalization in Canada, stigma towards cannabis consumers remains evident, particularly toward younger cannabis consumers. Our study examined how stigma towards a young cannabis consumer differed by age and gender. Additionally, we explored the impacts of the participants’ cannabis consumption, age, and gender identity on their perceptions of stigma.

Methods

Canadian citizens, ages 18 years and older completed an online cross-sectional survey using an experimental vignette design (N = 1,114). Participants were randomly assigned to read one of six vignettes depicting a cannabis consumer that varied by age (14, 21, and 28 years) and gender (man, woman). Participants completed the Social Distance Survey as the dependent measure of stigma. Two factorial ANOVAs were conducted to assess the impacts of the vignette character’s age and gender, as well as the participant’s age and gender identity, on stigma.

Results

Participants (Mage = 48.42, SD = 16.64) displayed more stigmatizing attitudes towards adolescent consumers (14-years-old) compared to 21-years-old or 28-years-old consumers. Additionally, older participants (70 + years) displayed more stigmatizing attitudes than younger participants (18–29 and 30–39 years old). Finally, participants who had not consumed cannabis within the past 6-months displayed more stigmatizing attitudes than those who reported any cannabis use frequency.

Conclusions

Stigma remains a concern, particularly toward younger cannabis consumers. These findings highlight the importance of developing targeted, early interventions, and education strategies aimed at reducing stigma, especially among those who hold more stigmatizing attitudes, such as non-cannabis consumers and older individuals, which could help mitigate negative outcomes like decreased help-seeking behavior and social isolation.

Impact Statement

Stigma toward cannabis consumers was greatest for younger consumers (14-years-old), followed by 21 and 28-year-olds. Specifically, older generations (70 + year old’s) endorsed more stigma compared to younger generations. There were no main effects on stigma toward cannabis consumers based on the vignette character’s gender or research participants’ gender identity.

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Addictive Behaviors Reports Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health

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期刊介绍： Addictive Behaviors Reports is an open-access and peer reviewed online-only journal offering an interdisciplinary forum for the publication of research in addictive behaviors. The journal accepts submissions that are scientifically sound on all forms of addictive behavior (alcohol, drugs, gambling, Internet, nicotine and technology) with a primary focus on behavioral and psychosocial research. The emphasis of the journal is primarily empirical. That is, sound experimental design combined with valid, reliable assessment and evaluation procedures are a requisite for acceptance. We are particularly interested in ''non-traditional'', innovative and empirically oriented research such as negative/null data papers, replication studies, case reports on novel treatments, and cross-cultural research. Studies that might encourage new lines of inquiry as well as scholarly commentaries on topical issues, systematic reviews, and mini reviews are also very much encouraged. We also welcome multimedia submissions that incorporate video or audio components to better display methodology or findings.