Researchers have begun examining changes in recreational marijuana use among emerging adults (EAs), however, no studies have examined the influence of parents on EA children’s marijuana use due to legalization. We sought to address this gap by using a 2019 cross-sectional online survey of 404 EA students (18–25 years; M = 20.7, SD = 1.9) about their behavioral observations and conversations with parents regarding recreational marijuana legalization in a western U.S. state. Significant increases in reports of parent communication and observed use, as well as EA attitudes and use were found post-legalization. Evaluation of two structural equation models (with configural invariance versus construct-level metric invariance) suggest that the more constrained model did not fit worse and that the relationships between parent communication and modeling are significantly related to EA attitudes and use pre- and post-legalization. Results indicate that parental socialization plays an important role in recreational marijuana attitudes and use among EA children.

研究人员已经开始研究新兴成年人 (EA) 使用娱乐性大麻的变化，但是，没有研究检查父母对 EA 儿童大麻使用的影响由于合法化。我们试图通过使用 2019 年对 404 名 EA 学生（18-25 岁；M = 20.7，SD = 1.9）的横断面在线调查来解决这一差距. 在合法化后发现父母沟通和观察到的使用以及 EA 态度和使用的报告显着增加。对两个结构方程模型（具有配置不变性与构造级度量不变性）的评估表明，受更多约束的模型并不更适合，并且父母沟通和建模之间的关系与 EA 态度和使用合法化前和合法化后显着相关. 结果表明，父母社会化在 EA 儿童的娱乐性大麻态度和使用中起着重要作用。