Peer sexual harassment, affect, and substance use: Daily level associations among adolescents.

Autor: Livingston JA; School of Nursing, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA., Wang W; School of Nursing, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA.; Department of Psychology and Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA., Testa M; Department of Psychology and Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA., Derrick JL; Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA., Nickerson AB; Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA., Miller KE; Department of Social Sciences, D'Youville College, Buffalo, New York, USA., Haas JL; School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA., Espelage DL; School of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of adolescence [J Adolesc] 2022 Oct; Vol. 94 (7), pp. 955-968. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 21.
DOI: 10.1002/jad.12076
Abstrakt: Introduction: Peer sexual harassment is associated with adolescent substance use at the global level; however, it is unknown whether substance use occurs proximal in time to the sexual harassment experience. This study used daily reports to examine the proximal relations between sexual harassment victimization and affect and substance use. Based on theories of self-medication, we hypothesized that negative affect and substance use (cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana) would be higher than typical on days when sexual harassment occurred relative to nonvictimization days.
Method: A community sample of 13-16-year-old adolescents (N = 204, 55.4% female) from a metropolitan area in the northeastern United States completed 56 days of online reports assessing experiences with peer sexual harassment, substance use (cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana), and positive and negative affect.
Results: Multilevel modeling revealed that experiencing sexual harassment on a given day was associated with higher than typical negative affect on that day, relative to nonvictimization days. The likelihood of cigarette and alcohol use (but not electronic cigarettes, marijuana, or positive affect) was greater on days when sexual harassment occurred.
Conclusion: Sexual harassment victimization is proximally associated with negative affect and alcohol and cigarette use, suggesting that adolescents may be using substances to cope with sexual harassment victimization. The co-occurrence of sexual harassment with negative affect and substance use points to the need for prevention efforts that conjointly address sexual harassment victimization, coping, and substance use.
(© 2022 The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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