Stress and Alcohol, Cigarette, and Marijuana Use Among Latino Adolescents in Families with Undocumented Immigrants.
Stress and Alcohol, Cigarette, and Marijuana Use Among Latino Adolescents in Families with Undocumented Immigrants.
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DOI：
10.1007/s10826-015-0249-9
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发表时间：
2016-02-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Merten MJ
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作者：
Zapata Roblyer MI;Grzywacz JG;Cervantes RC;Merten MJ
一个或多个成员是无证移民的家庭经历着独特的困难。然而，对这些家庭中成长的青少年的压力和物质使用知之甚少。本研究探讨了青少年压力的两个来源之间的关联（即，由于环境限制和家庭经济不安全，父母参与度低）和无证家庭中青少年终生饮酒、吸烟和吸食大麻的情况。样本由102名青少年（10-18岁）和他或她的父母之一组成。参与者用英语或西班牙语回答了一项调查。青少年终生使用酒精、香烟和大麻的比例分别为51%、32.4%和37.3%。卡方分析发现，在终身物质使用方面没有显着的性别差异。Logistic回归模型显示，青少年压力，由于阻碍父母的参与，增加了几率的终身吸烟和大麻的使用后，控制性别，年龄，语言涵化，家庭，父母的控制，和消极的同伴关系。作为一个女孩增加了一生饮酒的几率。家庭经济压力与终生药物使用无关。结果表明，阻碍父母的参与可能是一个压力源和危险因素，吸烟和大麻的青少年在家庭中成长的无证成员。由于这些家庭的父母很可能没有证件，允许移民申请法律的地位的政策可以改善父母的工作条件，促进父母的参与;反过来，这种政策可以降低拉丁美洲移民子女青少年使用药物的风险。
Families in which one or more members are undocumented immigrants experience unique hardships. Yet, little is known about stress and substance use among adolescents growing up in these families. The present study examined associations between two sources of adolescent stress (i.e., low parental involvement due to contextual constraints and family economic insecurity) and lifetime alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use among adolescents in families with undocumented members. The sample was comprised of 102 adolescents (10–18 years old) and one of his or her parents. Participants responded a survey in English or Spanish. Adolescent lifetime use of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana was 51%, 32.4%, and 37.3%, respectively. Chi–Square analyses found no significant gender differences in lifetime substance use. Logistic regression models showed that adolescent stress due to hindered parental involvement increased the odds of both lifetime cigarette and marijuana use after controlling for gender, age, linguistic acculturation, familism, parental control, and negative peer affiliation. Being a girl increased the odds of lifetime alcohol use. Family economic stress was not associated with lifetime substance use. Results suggest that hindered parental involvement might be a stressor and a risk factor for cigarette and marijuana use among adolescents growing up in families with undocumented members. Because parents in these families are likely to be undocumented, policies that allow immigrants to apply for legal status could improve parents' working conditions and facilitate parental involvement; in turn, such policies could decrease the risk for adolescent substance use among children of Latino immigrants.