Cultural Orientation as a Protective Factor against Tobacco and Marijuana Smoking for African American Young Women

Autor/inn/en	Nasim, Aashir; Corona, Rosalie; Belgrave, Faye; Utsey, Shawn O.; Fallah, Niloofar
Titel	Cultural Orientation as a Protective Factor against Tobacco and Marijuana Smoking for African American Young Women
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36 (2007) 4, S.503-516 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-006-9097-7
Schlagwörter	Drug Abuse; Smoking; Risk; Marijuana; Females; African American Students; Cultural Influences; African Americans; Acculturation; African American Culture; Family Relationship; Prevention; At Risk Persons; Beliefs; Interpersonal Relationship; Religious Factors; Young Adults; College Students; Adolescents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rauchen; Risiko; Weibliches Geschlecht; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Akkulturation; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Risikogruppe; Belief; Glaube; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Collegestudent; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	The present study examined cultural orientation as a protective factor against tobacco and marijuana smoking for African American young women (ages 18 to 25). African American college students (N = 145) from a predominantly White university were administered subscales from the African American Acculturation Scale-Revised (AAAS-R); the shortened Individualism/Collectivism (INDCOL) Scale; a Tobacco and Drug Use Survey; and a background survey. Multiple logistic regression was conducted using cultural orientation variables as predictors and smoking status (i.e., tobacco and marijuana) as the criterion. It was expected that young women who endorsed traditional African American cultural characteristics (i.e., religious beliefs, health, family values, and socialization) and were collectivistic in their community (i.e., cultural interdependency) and familial (i.e., familial interdependency) interactions would be less likely to smoke. Results show that traditional religious beliefs and practice was protective against tobacco smoking for this sample of young women. Familial interdependency (e.g., supportive exchanges between friends, and consultation and sharing with parents), and traditional religious beliefs and practices surfaced as protective factors against marijuana smoking. Traditional health beliefs and practices was a risk factor for both tobacco and marijuana smoking. The implications signal the need for smoking prevention and cessation programs to focus on interpersonal factors which may strengthen African American young women's religious and familial bonding. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10