TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender roles, externalizing behaviors, and substance use among Mexican-American adolescents
AU - Kulis, Stephen
AU - Marsiglia, Flavio
AU - Nagoshi, Julie L.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Centers for Disease Control, National Injury Prevention Center (R49/CCR42172 & 1K01CE000496), and the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse (R-24 DA 13937) for their support. Research assistance for manuscript development was supported by doctoral student training funds from the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (award P20MD002316–02, Flavio Francisco Marsiglia, Principal Investigator). We would like to thank Maureen Olmsted and Blythe Fitzharris for helpful comments on this article. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the views of the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Centers for Disease Control, or the National Institutes of Health.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - A sample of 60 male and 91 female Mexican-American adolescents (age 13-18) were administered measures of positive (i.e., assertive masculinity, affective femininity) and negative(i.e., aggressive masculinity, submissive femininity) gender roles, internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors, peer substance use, and own substance use (alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana). Negative gender roles were significantly correlated with internalizing and externalizing problems for both boys and girls, with aggressive masculinity also predicting peer substance use for both genders. Assertive masculinity significantly predicted lower alcohol use in boys, and this effect was not mediated by internalizing problems, externalizing problems, or peer substance use. Negative gender roles significantly predicted higher alcohol use in girls, but this effect was almost completely mediated by internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and peer substance use. Results are discussed in terms of gender role socialization among Mexican Americans.
AB - A sample of 60 male and 91 female Mexican-American adolescents (age 13-18) were administered measures of positive (i.e., assertive masculinity, affective femininity) and negative(i.e., aggressive masculinity, submissive femininity) gender roles, internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors, peer substance use, and own substance use (alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana). Negative gender roles were significantly correlated with internalizing and externalizing problems for both boys and girls, with aggressive masculinity also predicting peer substance use for both genders. Assertive masculinity significantly predicted lower alcohol use in boys, and this effect was not mediated by internalizing problems, externalizing problems, or peer substance use. Negative gender roles significantly predicted higher alcohol use in girls, but this effect was almost completely mediated by internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and peer substance use. Results are discussed in terms of gender role socialization among Mexican Americans.
KW - Externalizing/internalizing
KW - Genderroles
KW - Mexican-American adolescents
KW - Substance use
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U2 - 10.1080/1533256X.2010.497033
DO - 10.1080/1533256X.2010.497033
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77955994870
SN - 1533-256X
VL - 10
SP - 283
EP - 307
JO - Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
JF - Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
IS - 3
ER -