Exposure to drug-related online content and drug use among racial/ethnic minority youth in the United States

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15415215
AutoresMeredith Gansner (0000-0003-1235-4386, Cambridge Health Alliance, autor correspondente), Anna Katharine Horton (Cambridge Health Alliance), Rasika Singh (Cambridge Health Alliance), Benjamin Lê Cook (0000-0003-0135-0806, Cambridge Health Alliance), Zev Schuman‐Olivier (0000-0001-9216-2039, Cambridge Health Alliance)
Ano2025
Páginas1-18
Data de publicação2025-06-22
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1533-2640 • E-ISSN: 1533-2659
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15332640.2025.2521130
PMID40544431
OpenAlexW4411523247
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas34

Studies of high-risk digital media use often treat youth in the United States as a monolith. Here, we present results from an online survey study of 489 U.S. youth (aged 13-23) assessing relationships between drug-related online content exposure and drug use based on racial/ethnic identity. Regression models identified racial/ethnic differences in drug-related content exposure and interaction terms examined whether relationships of interest changed based on racial/ethnic identity. Racial/ethnic (RE)-minority youth had significantly higher odds of frequent exposure to drug-related content online and significant correlations between drug use and content exposure were seen among select populations of RE-minority youth. Assessments of drug-related digital media habits should be considered instrumental to understanding rising rates of drug use within U.S. RE-minority populations

African american · Drug · Ethnic group · Political science · Psychiatry · Sociology · Substance use · Clinical Psychology · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Medicine · Psychology · Social Media and Politics