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

verfasst von: Byron L. Zamboanga, Seth J. Schwartz, Lorna Hernandez Jarvis, Kathryne Van Tyne

Erschienen in: Journal of Prevention | Ausgabe 3-4/2009

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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.

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Titel: Acculturation and Substance Use Among Hispanic Early Adolescents: Investigating the Mediating Roles of Acculturative Stress and Self-Esteem
verfasst von: Byron L. Zamboanga
Seth J. Schwartz
Lorna Hernandez Jarvis
Kathryne Van Tyne
Publikationsdatum: 01.07.2009
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Prevention / Ausgabe 3-4/2009
Print ISSN: 2731-5533
Elektronische ISSN: 2731-5541
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-009-0182-z

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