Patterns and Contexts of Club Drug Abuse

俱乐部药物滥用的模式和背景

• 批准号: 7059831
• 负责人: JEFFREY T PARSONS
• 金额: $ 4.26万
• 依托单位: HUNTER COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-05-01 至 2008-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7059831
• 关键词: 3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine; African American; Asians; Hispanic Americans; Pacific Islander; behavioral /social science research tag; bisexual; caucasian American; clinical research; cocaine; drug abuse; gender difference; heterosexuals; high risk behavior /lifestyle; homosexuals; human subject; interview; ketamine; longitudinal human study; lysergic acid diethylamide; methamphetamine; racial /ethnic difference; recreation; sex behavior; sexual orientation; socioenvironment; young adult human (21-34)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed investigation seeks to examine the use of "club drugs" among male and female young adults (ages 18-25) in New York City (NYC). We will undertake a longitudinal, prospective study, using qualitative and quantitative methods, guided by the following three aims: (1) To determine patterns of use, individual differences in use, and changes in club drug use among heterosexual and gay/bisexual male and female young adults (ages 18-25) in NYC over the course of one year; (2) To determine the extent to which antecedent person factors, social context factors, and constructs associated with the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) explain differences in year-long club drug use trajectories of young adults in NYC; and (3) To better understand how patterns of club drug use impact sexual risk taking behaviors among young adults in NYC. Our work will be guided by the TRA in order to determine how antecedents of club drug use influence the use of these substances, and how the interaction of these antecedents with actual use of club drugs leads to sexual risk taking behaviors. Our work will focus on six club drugs that our pilot work has shown to be used among young adults in NYC who frequent dance clubs: Cocaine, LSD, GFB, Ketamine, MDMA, and Methamphetamine. We will recruit 480 ethnically-diverse young adults into our study (stratified by gender and sexual orientation) using probability-based targeted sampling and conduct assessments of the antecedents, club drug use, and sexual risk-taking behaviors four times over the course of one year. Data analyses will utilize univariate and multivariate growth curve modeling to determine the relationships between these factors as a means of understanding patterns of club drug use and of evaluating the use of the TRA to explain club drug use. Quantitative assessments (administered via Audio-CASI) will be complemented by our use of qualitative techniques to provide us with episode-specific data to help realize the relationships that we are assessing as well as to further understand contextual aspects of club drug use (e.g., use of drugs in and out of dance club venues, reasons for using certain drugs, reasons for mixing multiple drugs, social context of club drug use, use of club drugs in conjunction with sexual behaviors). Mixed-methods strategies will be used to examine the qualitative and quantitative data together in order to further understand the data and potential implications for intervention development.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的调查旨在调查纽约市 (NYC) 男性和女性年轻人（18-25 岁）使用“俱乐部毒品”的情况。我们将采用定性和定量方法进行一项纵向、前瞻性研究，以以下三个目标为指导：（1）确定异性恋和同性恋/双性恋男性和同性恋者的使用模式、使用的个体差异以及俱乐部毒品使用的变化。一年内在纽约市的年轻女性（18-25 岁）； (2) 确定先行人因素、社会背景因素和与理性行动理论 (TRA) 相关的结构在多大程度上解释纽约市年轻人一年的俱乐部毒品使用轨迹的差异； (3) 更好地了解俱乐部吸毒模式如何影响纽约市年轻人的性冒险行为。我们的工作将在 TRA 的指导下进行，以确定俱乐部毒品使用的前因如何影响这些物质的使用，以及这些前因与俱乐部毒品的实际使用的相互作用如何导致性冒险行为。我们的工作将重点关注六种俱乐部毒品，我们的试点工作已表明，纽约市经常光顾舞蹈俱乐部的年轻人经常使用这些毒品：可卡因、LSD、GFB、氯胺酮、MDMA 和甲基苯丙胺。我们将使用基于概率的有针对性抽样招募 480 名不同种族的年轻人加入我们的研究（按性别和性取向分层），并在一个过程中对前因、俱乐部吸毒和性冒险行为进行四次评估年。数据分析将利用单变量和多变量增长曲线模型来确定这些因素之间的关系，作为理解俱乐部毒品使用模式和评估使用 TRA 来解释俱乐部毒品使用的一种手段。定量评估（通过 Audio-CASI 进行）将通过我们使用定性技术来补充，为我们提供特定事件的数据，帮助我们了解我们正在评估的关系，并进一步了解俱乐部毒品使用的背景方面（例如，在舞蹈俱乐部场所内外使用药物、使用某些药物的原因、混合多种药物的原因、俱乐部药物使用的社会背景、俱乐部药物与性行为的结合）。将使用混合方法策略来一起检查定性和定量数据，以进一步了解数据和对干预措施发展的潜在影响。