Introduction

Negative emotional reactivity and the neighborhood environment have been individually associated with marijuana use outcomes; however, less is known about whether neighborhood factors differentiate the association between negative emotional reactivity and marijuana use. The present study examined whether neighborhood risk (i.e., neighborhood problems) and protective factors (i.e., neighborhood social cohesion) moderated the relation between negative emotional reactivity and marijuana use during early adolescence. Methods. Participants were 775 adolescents (M = 10.95 ± 0.88 years; 69% male; 76% Caucasian), who reported on their past month frequency of marijuana use at Time 1 (when adolescents were 10-12 years old) and Time 2 (when adolescents were 12-14 years old). Mothers reported on neighborhood problems and neighborhood social cohesion at Time 1. Youth reported on their negative emotional reactivity at Time 2.

Results

Negative binomial regression analyses indicated that neighborhood problems moderated the relationship between negative emotional reactivity and marijuana use. In particular, in the context of low neighborhood problems, individuals with lower negative emotional reactivity were at attenuated risk for marijuana use compared to individuals higher in negative emotional reactivity. In the context of high neighborhood problems, individuals were at heightened risk for marijuana consumption regardless of their negative emotional reactivity levels.

Conclusions

Findings suggest that individual-level factors alone do not sufficiently account for early marijuana use and that neighborhood problems play a role in risk for or abstention from using marijuana during early adolescence. Implications for prevention and intervention for marijuana use during adolescence are discussed.

中文翻译：

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消极情绪反应和邻里因素在预测青春期早期大麻使用中的作用

介绍

消极的情绪反应和邻里环境与大麻使用结果单独相关；然而，关于邻里因素是否区分负面情绪反应和大麻使用之间的关联，人们知之甚少。本研究检查了邻里风险（即邻里问题）和保护因素（即邻里社会凝聚力）是否调节了青春期早期消极情绪反应与大麻使用之间的关系。方法。参与者是 775 名青少年（M = 10.95 ± 0.88 岁；69% 男性；76% 高加索人），他们在时间 1（青少年 10-12 岁）和时间 2（青少年12-14 岁）。母亲们在时间 1 报告了邻里问题和邻里社会凝聚力。

结果

负二项式回归分析表明，邻里问题缓和了负面情绪反应与大麻使用之间的关系。特别是，在邻里问题较低的情况下，与消极情绪反应较高的人相比，消极情绪反应较低的人吸食大麻的风险较低。在高邻里问题的背景下，无论个人的负面情绪反应水平如何，他们吸食大麻的风险都更高。

结论

研究结果表明，仅个人层面的因素并不能充分解释早期使用大麻的原因，并且社区问题在青春期早期使用大麻的风险或弃权方面发挥了作用。讨论了青春期吸食大麻对预防和干预的影响。