Neighborhood Contexts and Marijuana Use Among Urban Dwelling Emerging Adult Men

Neighborhoods are key socio-environmental contexts for marijuana use during emerging adulthood. This study examined the relationships between neighborhood context, traditional masculine norms (status, toughness, and anti-femininity), and marijuana use among 119 majority African American emerging adult men in a small urban community. Poisson regression models were used to determine the associations between neighborhood problems, social cohesion, and marijuana use. Moderator effects were examined to determine if masculinities modified these associations. Neighborhood problems and social cohesion were positively associated with marijuana use. Men who had a lower endorsement of some traditional masculine norms had greater marijuana use compared to men with a higher endorsement of these norms. These findings have implications for intervention strategies and policies.

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Dimensions of Masculine Norms, Depression, and Mental Health Service Utilization: Results From a Prospective Cohort Study Among Emerging Adult Men in the United States

American Journal of Men s Health ◽

10.1177/1557988320906980 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 155798832090698

Author(s):

Katelyn M. Sileo ◽

Trace S. Kershaw

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

United States ◽

Mental Health Service ◽

Health Service ◽

Service Utilization ◽

Health Service Utilization ◽

Emerging Adult ◽

Mental Health Service Utilization ◽

Masculine Norms ◽

Adult Men

The purpose of this study was to examine the role of multidimensional masculine norms (“status,” “toughness,” “anti-femininity”) on depression and mental health service utilization among emerging adult men in the Northeast United States. This study examines substance use and hostility as secondary outcomes and depression status as an effect moderator on the relationship between masculine norms and mental health service utilization. This study used data from a prospective cohort study that followed 18- to 25-year-old heterosexual men over 6 months. At baseline and 6 months, approximately 29% and 25% of the sample met the criteria for depression. The results of multivariate linear and logistic regression models found that greater endorsement of masculine status was associated with less depressive symptoms at baseline and 6 months, masculine toughness was associated with more substance use at baseline, and masculine anti-femininity was associated with greater hostility at baseline and 6 months. The multivariate Poisson model found that greater endorsement of status was associated with greater mental health service utilization in the prior year, especially for men not meeting the criteria for depression. In contrast, greater endorsement of anti-femininity and toughness norms was associated with less mental health service utilization; for men endorsing toughness norms, this effect was greater for those who were depressed. This study sheds light on the harmful and protective effects of masculine norms on depression, related mental health outcomes, and mental health service utilization, with implications for gender-tailored approaches to engage and retain young men in mental health services.

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Prospective associations between hegemonic masculinity and incident depression/depressive symptoms: Results from a national sample of Australian emerging adult men

Personality and Individual Differences ◽

10.1016/j.paid.2021.110899 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 179 ◽

pp. 110899

Author(s):

George Van Doorn ◽

Robert Teese ◽

Peter Richard Gill

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Hegemonic Masculinity ◽

Emerging Adult ◽

National Sample ◽

Adult Men

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Assessing Moderator Effects, Main Effects, and Simple Effects Without Collinearity Problems in Moderated Regression Models

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3980056 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sang-June Park ◽

Youjae Yi

Keyword(s):

Regression Models ◽

Moderator Effects ◽

Main Effects

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The association of family and peer factors with tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use among Chilean adolescents in neighborhood context

Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation ◽

10.2147/sar.s20507 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 163 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Pilar Horner ◽

Andrew Grogan-Kaylor ◽

Jorge Delva ◽

Cristina Bares ◽

Pilar Horner

Keyword(s):

Marijuana Use ◽

Neighborhood Context ◽

Peer Factors

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The prospective relationship between social cohesion and depressive symptoms among older adults from Central and Eastern Europe

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health ◽

10.1136/jech-2018-211063 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 73 (2) ◽

pp. 117-122 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Carla Bertossi Urzua ◽

Milagros A Ruiz ◽

Andrzej Pajak ◽

Magdalena Kozela ◽

Ruzena Kubinova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Eastern Europe ◽

Social Cohesion ◽

Regression Models ◽

Central And Eastern Europe ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Logistic Regression Models ◽

Z Scores ◽

Prospective Association

BackgroundSocial cohesion has a potential protective effect against depression, but evidence for Central and Eastern Europe is lacking. We investigated the prospective association between social cohesion and elevated depressive symptoms in the Czech Republic, Russia and Poland, and assessed whether alcohol drinking and smoking mediated this association.MethodsCohort data from 15 438 older urban participants from the Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors In Eastern Europe project were analysed. Baseline social cohesion was measured by five questions, and depressive symptoms were measured 3 years later by the 10-item Center for Epidemiological Depression (CES-D) Scale. Nested logistic regression models estimated ORs of elevated depressive symptoms (CES-D 10 score ≥4) by z-scores and tertiles of social cohesion.ResultsPer 1 SD decrease in social cohesion score, adjusted ORs of elevated depressive symptoms were 1.13 (95% CI 1.05 to 1.23) and 1.05 (95% CI 0.99 to 1.13) in men and women, respectively. Further adjustment for smoking and drinking did not attenuate these associations in either men (OR=1.13, 95% CI 1.05 to 1.22) or women (OR=1.05, 95% CI 0.99 to 1.13). Similarly, the fully adjusted ORs comparing the lowest versus highest social cohesion tertile were 1.33 (95% CI 1.10 to 1.62) in men and 1.18 (95% CI 1.01 to 1.39) in women.ConclusionsLower levels of social cohesion was associated with heightened depressive symptoms after a 3-year follow-up among older Czech, Russian and Polish adults. These effects appeared stronger in men, and alcohol and smoking played no appreciable role in this association.

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