TY - JOUR
T1 - Drug Abuse and Identity in Mexican Americans
T2 - Theoretical and Empirical Considerations
AU - Castro, Felipe
AU - Sharp, Erica V.
AU - Barrington, Elizabeth H.
AU - Walton, Maureen
AU - Rawson, Richard A.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - This review proposes the construct of drug use identity and presents a 4-stage model that features this construct. This 4-stage modelproposes that drug use identity, a latentfactor, undergoes a progressive transformation from identity as a casual user during the initiation stage (Stage 1), to identity as a drug addict at the treatment entiy stage (Stage 2), to identity as a recovering addict at the late treatment stage (Stage 3). At the posttreatment recovery stage (Stage 4), this new identity as a recovering addict may operate as a mediator of the social influences effected by a sober reference group. These social influences prompt a sustained identity as a recovering addic4 along with enhanced ethnic pride, increased social role responsibility, and enhanced health motivation and behavior. For drug-addicted Mexican Americans, enhanced ethnic pride, whether discovered or reestablished, may develop as a consequence of a progression toward a “maturing identity. “ Directions for theory and research based on this framework are discussed.
AB - This review proposes the construct of drug use identity and presents a 4-stage model that features this construct. This 4-stage modelproposes that drug use identity, a latentfactor, undergoes a progressive transformation from identity as a casual user during the initiation stage (Stage 1), to identity as a drug addict at the treatment entiy stage (Stage 2), to identity as a recovering addict at the late treatment stage (Stage 3). At the posttreatment recovery stage (Stage 4), this new identity as a recovering addict may operate as a mediator of the social influences effected by a sober reference group. These social influences prompt a sustained identity as a recovering addic4 along with enhanced ethnic pride, increased social role responsibility, and enhanced health motivation and behavior. For drug-addicted Mexican Americans, enhanced ethnic pride, whether discovered or reestablished, may develop as a consequence of a progression toward a “maturing identity. “ Directions for theory and research based on this framework are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1177/07399863910132006
DO - 10.1177/07399863910132006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84965904119
SN - 0739-9863
VL - 13
SP - 209
EP - 225
JO - Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences
JF - Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences
IS - 2
ER -