TY - JOUR
T1 - Pathways from acculturation stress to substance use among latino adolescents
AU - Buchanan, Rachel Lee
AU - Smokowski, Paul Richard
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank Dr. Flavio Marsiglia and Monica Parsai, M.S.W. for their work collecting data in Arizona and Melissa Chalot, M.P.H., for project management. Special thanks go to the Latino families who participated in this study. This study was supported by grants from the Centers for Disease Control’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (R49/CCR42172-02) and the Centers for Disease Control’s Office of the Director (1K01 CE000496-01). The study is one part of the first author’s dissertation and was funded by the Jessie Ball DuPont Dissertation Completion Fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
PY - 2009/4
Y1 - 2009/4
N2 - The purpose of this study was to examine the link between acculturation stress and substance use among Latino adolescents. In-home interviews were completed with the participants at four time-points between 2005 and 2007. Path analysis was completed using longitudinal data from 286 Latino adolescents living in North Carolina and Arizona (65% foreign-born). Results indicate that acculturation stress influences family and friend relationships, which in turn affect adolescent mental health problems, and finally, substance use. Key mediators in the pathway from acculturation stress to substance use were parent-adolescent conflict, internalizing, and externalizing problems. Implications for practice and research have been discussed here.
AB - The purpose of this study was to examine the link between acculturation stress and substance use among Latino adolescents. In-home interviews were completed with the participants at four time-points between 2005 and 2007. Path analysis was completed using longitudinal data from 286 Latino adolescents living in North Carolina and Arizona (65% foreign-born). Results indicate that acculturation stress influences family and friend relationships, which in turn affect adolescent mental health problems, and finally, substance use. Key mediators in the pathway from acculturation stress to substance use were parent-adolescent conflict, internalizing, and externalizing problems. Implications for practice and research have been discussed here.
KW - Acculturation stress
KW - Adolescent
KW - Family relationships
KW - Friends
KW - Latino
KW - Mental health
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U2 - 10.1080/10826080802544216
DO - 10.1080/10826080802544216
M3 - Article
C2 - 19308866
AN - SCOPUS:67649220568
SN - 1082-6084
VL - 44
SP - 740
EP - 762
JO - Substance Use and Misuse
JF - Substance Use and Misuse
IS - 5
ER -