Acculturation and Substance Use among Hispanic Early Adolescents: Investigating the Mediating Roles of Acculturative Stress and Self-Esteem

Autor/inn/en	Zamboanga, Byron L.; Schwartz, Seth J.; Jarvis, Lorna Hernandez; Van Tyne, Kathryne
Titel	Acculturation and Substance Use among Hispanic Early Adolescents: Investigating the Mediating Roles of Acculturative Stress and Self-Esteem
Quelle	In: Journal of Primary Prevention, 30 (2009) 3-4, S.315-333 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-095X
DOI	10.1007/s10935-009-0182-z
Schlagwörter	Ethnicity; Middle School Students; Prevention; Acculturation; Drinking; Adolescents; Drug Use; Substance Abuse; Self Esteem; Stress Variables; Hispanic Americans; Smoking; Marijuana; Early Adolescents; Racial Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnizität; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Akkulturation; Trinken; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Drug use; Drug consomption; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Rauchen; Rassenunterschied
Abstract	We examined the extent to which Hispanic orientation and American orientation are associated with substance use (cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana) both directly and indirectly through acculturative stress and self-esteem. Participants were 347 Hispanic early adolescents (50.7% male; mean age = 12.57, SD = 0.92, range 11-15) from two middle schools in western Michigan. Findings showed that self-esteem emerged as the most consistent predictor of likelihood and extent of substance use. Ethnic identity was positively related to risk for substance use, and acculturative stress and self-esteem mediated the relationships of Hispanic cultural orientation to alcohol use. Self-esteem was the most important protective factor against substance use, and as such, we conclude that prevention programs designed to address precocious substance use that incorporate a self-esteem building component could prove useful among Hispanic early adolescents residing in monocultural contexts within the United States. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10