Contexts of Marijuana Use and Cessation among Frequently-Using Youth in Primary Care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2329360 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clare Mehta (0000-0003-4897-6160, Emmanuel College, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, corresponding author), Pamela E Burke (Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA), Lydia A Shrier (0000-0002-9648-9319, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 43-67 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Youth & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-118X • E-ISSN: 1552-8499 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0044118x20951060 |
| OpenAlex | W3088928379 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 81 |
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
Abstinence · Boredom · Environmental health · Ethnically diverse · Health equity · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public health · Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research · Clinical Psychology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Nursing · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |