Acculturation and Substance Use: Social Influence as a Mediator among Hispanic Alternative High School Youth

Autor/inn/en	Myers, Raquel; Chou, Chih-Ping; Sussman, Steve; Baezconde-Garbanati, Lourdes; Pachon, Harry; Valente, Thomas W.
Titel	Acculturation and Substance Use: Social Influence as a Mediator among Hispanic Alternative High School Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 50 (2009) 2, S.164-179 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1465
DOI	10.1177/002214650905000204
Schlagwörter	Marijuana; Acculturation; Drug Use; Social Influences; Nontraditional Education; High School Students; Risk; Hispanic Americans; Smoking; Peer Influence; Language Usage; Correlation; Socioeconomic Status; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Spanish; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akkulturation; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Sozialer Einfluss; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Risiko; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Rauchen; Sprachgebrauch; Korrelation; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Spanisch; Kalifornien
Abstract	Research suggests that acculturation increases the risk of substance use among Hispanic youth. However, this process is not well understood. This study examined associations between acculturation and several substance use indicators among a sample of 714 Hispanic youth attending alternative high schools in southern California. Peer social influence was assessed as a potential mediator. Acculturation, measured by language use, was associated with increased risk of lifetime alcohol, marijuana, and current alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, and hard drug use, controlling for age, socioeconomic status, and gender. Results of mediation analyses indicate that peer social influence mediated the relationship between acculturation and lifetime alcohol, and current alcohol, cigarettes, and hard drug use. Evidence for partial mediation was observed with lifetime and current marijuana use. These results provide evidence that peer social influence is an important mediating variable that should be considered when examining the relationship between acculturation and substance use. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10