Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Immigrant Paradox in Substance Use
Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Immigrant Paradox in Substance Use
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DOI：
10.1007/s10903-012-9670-y
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发表时间：
2013-10-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Bui, Hoan N.
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作者：
Bui, Hoan N.
本研究利用国家青少年健康纵向研究的数据，调查了不同移民世代的青少年自我报告的药物使用情况（香烟、烟草和大麻），以确定不同种族和族裔群体在药物使用方面的移民悖论，以及影响移民与药物使用之间关系的因素。数据分析结果表明，非西班牙裔白人、亚洲人和西班牙裔人在药物使用方面存在移民悖论，但非西班牙裔黑人则不然。研究还表明，解释移民物质使用悖论的因素因种族和族裔群体而异，但在家中使用英语、朋友吸烟和吸食大麻似乎是最重要的中介因素。研究结果表明，对青少年药物使用的有效干预需要了解不同种族和族裔群体的适应模式，以便适当解决与特定群体经历的适应问题相关的因素。
Using data from the National Longitudinal Studies of Adolescent Health, the present study examines self-reported substance use (cigarettes, tobacco, and marijuana) among youth from different immigration generations to determine the immigrant paradox in substance use for different racial and ethnic groups as well as factors contributing to the relationship between immigration and substance use. Results of data analysis indicate the immigrant paradox in substance use among non-Hispanic Whites, Asians, and Hispanics, but not among non-Hispanic Blacks. The study also shows that factors explaining the immigrant paradox in substance use vary with racial and ethnic groups, but English use at home, friends' cigarette and marijuana use appear to be the most important mediating factors. Findings from the study suggest that effective interventions in youth substance use require an understanding of adaptation patterns in different racial and ethnic groups, so that factors associated with adaptation problems experienced by particular groups will be appropriately addressed.