The Impact of Ethnoracial Appearance on Substance Use in Mexican Heritage Adolescents in the Southwest United States

Autor/inn/en	Ayers, Stephanie L.; Kulis, Stephen; Marsiglia, Flavio F.
Titel	The Impact of Ethnoracial Appearance on Substance Use in Mexican Heritage Adolescents in the Southwest United States
Quelle	In: Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 35 (2013) 2, S.227-240 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0739-9863
DOI	10.1177/0739986312467940
Schlagwörter	Immigrants; Risk; Adolescents; Ethnicity; Foreign Countries; Substance Abuse; Hispanic American Students; Mental Health; Middle School Students; Mexican Americans; Physical Characteristics; Prediction; Regression (Statistics); American Indians; Prevention; Intervention; Arizona + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Risiko; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ethnizität; Ausland; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Psychohygiene; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Körperliche Erscheinung; Vorhersage; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; American Indian; Indianer; Prävention; Vorbeugung
Abstract	Latinos are a multiracial ethnic group, and as such, within-group differences in ethnoracial appearance deserve to be studied and understood within the racialized American context and in connection to specific health and mental health outcomes. This article presents the findings of a study conducted with middle school Mexican heritage students (n = 1,150) in Phoenix, Arizona, and tested how non-White majority ethnoracial appearance predicted adolescent substance use, and whether the relationship differed by generation status and strength of ethnic identity. Logistic regression results revealed that generation status and ethnic identity moderate the relationship between ethnoracial appearance and substance use among Mexican heritage youth. The odds of using substances were significantly higher for third-generation adolescents who reported a less European appearance, but significantly lower for second-generation youth who were more indigenous in appearance. These findings indicate that a stronger indigenous ethnic appearance can be both a protective and risk factor for substance use for adolescents. Implications are discussed in terms of incorporating ethnoracial appearance content in prevention interventions for Mexican heritage and other Latino adolescents. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10