Linking Acculturation to Latino Adolescent Substance Use

将文化适应与拉丁裔青少年药物使用联系起来

• 批准号: 7048495
• 负责人: CHARLES R MARTINEZ
• 金额: $ 55.19万
• 依托单位: OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-04-05 至 2010-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7048495
• 关键词: Hispanic Americans; adolescence (12-20); alcoholism /alcohol abuse; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; coping; drug abuse; family structure /dynamics; health behavior; health disparity; high risk behavior /lifestyle; human migration; human subject; immigrant; interview; longitudinal human study; medically underserved population; parent offspring interaction; peer group; smoking; social adjustment; social support network; socioeconomics; substance abuse related disorder; tobacco abuse

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this proposal is to address a significant gap in the prevention literature about the development of substance use and related problems for Latino youth. The Latino population is the fastest growing ethnic subgroup in the U.S., yet our scientific understanding about mechanisms of risk and protection in the population has lagged far behind the growth rate. While epidemiological data support that Latino youth are at no greater risk for substance use than the general youth population, some data indicate that they might be at greater risk for problems that co-occur with substance use (e.g., school failure, incarceration, poor health). Foreign-born Latino youngsters seem to be at particular risk for such problems, and there is growing evidence that risk for substance use initiation and abuse for Latino youth grows substantially as they become more acculturated to the U.S. society. Theoretical models suggest that acculturation processes along with other contextual factors (e.g., socioeconomic status, social support processes) exert their effects on youngster adjustment indirectly, by impacting more proximal variables (i.e., parenting practices). Strong theoretical foundations in the literature have led to the development and testing of a host of interventions designed to ameliorate potential deleterious effects of acculturation for Latino youngsters. Yet, the empirical basis underlying the theory and applied intervention work is sparse. In fact, few empirical studies have been conducted that examine how changes in acculturation processes unfold over time to predict outcomes for families at different stages in the process. The current study will help fill this gap by examining the developmental pathways towards substance use and related problems for 225 recently immigrated Latino families. The prospective, longitudinal design will employ multiple methods and agents to assess family process variables cross-sectionally across up to a 14-year time in residency period, and allows for longitudinal examination of individual family trajectories across a three-year adjustment period. The aims are to: (1) examine the longitudinal effects of acculturation processes, social contexts, and social support processes on family environment, parenting practices, and youth substance use and related problems for immigrant Latino families; (2) examine the effects of years in U.S. residency on the relationship between acculturation processes and the development of youngster substance use and related problems for immigrant Latino families; and (3) test an integrative theoretical model based on social interaction learning theory that specifies mediating effects of family environment and parenting practices on the relationships between macrosystem and exosystem factors (i.e., acculturation processes, social contexts, and social support processes) and substance use and related problems for immigrant Latino youth and their families.

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案的目的是解决有关预防文献的重大差距，这些差距有关拉丁裔青年的毒品使用和相关问题的发展。拉丁裔人口是美国增长最快的族裔亚组，但是我们对人口风险和保护机制的科学理解远远落后于增长率。尽管流行病学数据支持拉丁裔青年没有比一般青年人口更大的药物使用风险，但一些数据表明，与药物使用（例如，学校失败，监禁，健康状况不佳），他们可能面临更大的问题。外国出生的拉丁裔青少年似乎特别面临此类问题的风险，并且越来越多的证据表明，随着他们对美国社会的培养更加培养，对拉丁裔青年的使用和滥用滥用的风险大大增长。理论模型表明，适应过程以及其他上下文因素（例如社会经济地位，社会支持过程）通过影响更多近端变量（即育儿实践）而间接地对年轻人的调整作用。文献中的强大理论基础导致了许多干预措施的发展和测试，旨在减轻拉丁裔青少年的适应性潜在有害影响。然而，理论和应用干预工作的经验基础很少。实际上，很少进行经验研究，这些研究会随着时间的流逝而展开适应过程的变化，以预测此过程中不同阶段的家庭的结果。 当前的研究将通过检查225个最近移民拉丁裔家庭的吸毒和相关问题的发展途径来帮助填补这一空白。前瞻性，纵向设计将采用多种方法和试剂来评估家庭过程变量在居住期间最多14年，并允许在三年的调整期间对单个家庭轨迹进行纵向检查。目的是：（1）研究适应过程，社会环境和社会支持过程对家庭环境，育儿实践以及青年毒品的使用以及对移民拉丁裔家庭的相关问题的纵向影响； （2）检查年度在美国居住期的影响对培养过程之间的关系以及对移民拉丁裔家庭的少年物质使用和相关问题的发展； （3）测试基于社会互动学习理论的综合理论模型，该模型指定了家庭环境和育儿实践对宏观系统与外部系统因素之间关系（即适应过程，社会环境和社会支持过程）的中介作用，以及对移民拉丁裔青年及其家庭的毒品使用和相关问题。