کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10472194 927613 2009 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
“I couldn't say, I'm not a girl” - Adolescents talk about gender and marijuana use
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
“I couldn't say, I'm not a girl” - Adolescents talk about gender and marijuana use
چکیده انگلیسی
In this paper we report on findings from a qualitative study of marijuana use by adolescents in two communities in British Columbia, Canada. During 2005 and 2006, 45 interviews were carried out at schools with students aged 13-18, with an aim of understanding how adolescents perceive their experiences with marijuana to be shaped by gender. While it has been established that patterns of use differ for girls and boys, there is relatively little qualitative research addressing marijuana smoking as gendered social practice. Drawing from contemporary social theories of gender our analysis explores the normative functions of gender discourse within adolescents' narratives, situating their descriptions of marijuana use within the context of the research interview and within the social contexts of drug use. The results highlight the challenges we encountered in asking about gender during one-to-one interviews, juxtaposed with examples from the narratives that illustrate how boys and girls use marijuana as a way of “doing” gender. To conclude, we suggest how our findings can inform the design of gender-specific health messaging on adolescent marijuana use.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Social Science & Medicine - Volume 68, Issue 11, June 2009, Pages 2029-2036
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