Asian American adolescents' health risk behaviors

本论文的研究将利用国家青少年健康纵向研究(ADD Health)确定与吸烟和酒精的使用以及参与亚裔美国青少年的危险性行为相关的风险和保护因素。尽管亚裔美国青少年的总体吸毒率和危险性行为倾向于低于其他族裔青少年，但那些已经酗酒的青少年每天的饮酒量往往比其他种族青少年更高，而那些有过性经历的人表现出与白人青少年一样的高风险。预防亚裔美国青少年的精神病理和健康危险行为需要了解社会文化危险因素和父母保护因素之间的相互作用。此外，有证据表明，文化适应是少数民族心理社会功能的核心，并在少数民族群体的健康危险行为中发挥主导作用，但对这一主题的研究仍然没有定论和零散。本研究的具体目的是(1)确定a)文化适应水平的预测作用，以及b)父母-青少年依恋对亚裔美国青少年吸烟、饮酒和参与危险性行为的预测作用，(2)确定强烈的亲子依恋在多大程度上缓冲文化适应与亚裔美国青少年吸烟、饮酒和参与危险性行为的关系。_将使用纵向设计(两波)对1584名具有全国代表性的7至12年级亚裔美国青少年的样本进行分析。多元回归和逻辑回归将被用来预测亚裔美国青少年在浪潮Li使用烟酒和参与性行为的情况。这项研究的发现可能会为亚裔美国青少年发展文化上合适的物质使用和性教育项目提供重要的步骤，并为家庭的保护作用提供新的见解。

This dissertation research will identify the risk and protective factors associated with the use of tobacco and alcohol and involvement with risk sexual behaviors among Asian American adolescents using National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Although Asian American adolescents' overall rates of drug use and risky sexual behaviors tend to be lower than other ethnic adolescents, those who are already involved in heavy drinking tends to have higher daily alcohol consumption than other ethnic adolescents, and those who have been sexually experienced exhibit as high risk as those of White adolescents. The prevention of psychopathology and health risk behaviors in Asian American adolescents requires an understanding of the interplay between socio-cultural risk factors and parental protective factors. In addition, there are evidences that acculturation is central to psychosocial functioning and play a leading role in ethnic minority groups' health risk behaviors, but the studies on this topic is still inconclusive and fragmentary. The specific aims of this study are (1) to determine the predictive role of a) level of acculturation, and b) parent-adolescent attachment on Asian American adolescents' use of tobacco, consumption of alcohol, and involvement with risky sexual behaviors, (2) to determine the degree to which strong parent-adolescent attachment buffers the relationship between acculturation and Asian American adolescents' use of tobacco, consumption of alcohol, and involvement with risky sexual behaviors. _ The nationally representative sample of 1584 Asian American adolescents grade 7 to 12 will be analyzed using a longitudinal design (two waves). Multiple regression and logistic regression will be used to predict Asian American adolescents' use of tobacco and alcohol and involvement with sexual activities at Wave lI. Findings from this study may offer important steps toward developing culturally appropriate substance use and sexual education programs for Asian American adolescents and provide new insights into the protective role of the family.