The study didnt look at the risk of addiction among those with high IQs because it wasnt able to measure the frequency of drug use in participants. However, earlier research has found a connection between high IQ and greater risk of alcohol abuse and dependence.
That could potentially be linked to the boredom and social isolation experienced by many gifted children, the authors note. But since a link between IQ and drug use remains independent of psychological distress, that cant be all thats going on. It rules out the argument that the only reason people take illegal drugs is to self medicate, says White.
boredom n. 1.[U]厌烦,厌倦 2.[C]令人厌烦的事物
rule out 排除;取消;划去
Question time:
1. What might be the factors that result in smarter kids trying drugs?
2. Why drug users with less education and wealth are more likely to be exposed to negative consequences of drug use?
【参考答案】
1. People with high IQs are more likely to score high on personality scales of openness to experience. They may be more willing to experiment and seek out novel experiences. Another factor could be that the messages used to attempt to deter teens from drug use werent exactly known for the subtlety of their reasoning, so they may not have targeted the smarter group well.
2. This is due in part to the fact that money itself can buy protection against the types of criminal involvement and disease that can affect poor drug users.
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