Religious Coping and Drug Use/HIV Risk Behaviors in Latino Immigrants

描述（由申请人提供）：本研究旨在检验(a)文化适应压力对近期拉丁裔移民的物质使用和hiv风险行为的影响，(b)宗教应对机制是否对这种关系有调节作用。本研究的中心假设是，特定的宗教应对机制影响了文化适应压力对拉丁裔移民物质使用和艾滋病毒风险行为的关系。这项研究将利用佛罗里达国际大学通过美国拉丁裔艾滋病毒/艾滋病和药物滥用研究中心进行的一项纵向研究得出的二手数据分析进行。横断面设计将在拟议的研究中使用。该样本预计将由200名参与者组成，这些参与者来自原始父母研究的520名总样本。样本将包括100名男性和100名女性，年龄在19到35岁之间，目前居住在迈阿密戴德县。样本将在性别之间平均划分，以促进研究目的探索宗教应对调节文化适应压力与物质使用/艾滋病毒风险行为之间关系的性别差异。所有参与者都是在美国居住不到两年的拉丁裔移民。参与者最近抵达美国是这项调查的一个独特而重要的组成部分，因为在移民的头两年，文化适应压力往往是最高的。拟议的研究将分析通过面对面管理的纸/笔问卷收集的数据。访谈通常在参与者家中进行，并录下录音以作质量控制。拟议研究的分析将包括从文化适应压力、物质使用、艾滋病毒风险和宗教应对等方面收集的数据。只使用具有良好心理测量特性的标准化量表。此外，五个比额表中有三个已经验证了西班牙语版本。另外两项措施经过了全面的翻译过程，包括翻译/回译，修改直接翻译，以及检查语义和概念的对等性。结构方程模型将是数据分析的主要方法，以测试在拟议的研究中变量之间的关系。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This study proposes to examine (a) the influence of acculturation stress on substance use and HIV-risk behaviors among recent Latino immigrants, (b) whether religious coping mechanisms have a moderating effect on that relationship. The central hypothesis to be tested is that specific religious coping mechanisms influence the relationship that acculturation stress has on the substance use and HIV-risk behaviors of Latino immigrants. The research will be conducted using secondary data analysis drawn from a longitudinal study done at Florida International University through the Center for Research on U.S. Latinos HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse. A cross sectional design will be used in the proposed research. The sample is expected to consist of a subset of 200 participants drawn from a total sample of 520 from the original parent study. The sample will include 100 men and 100 women between the ages of 19 and 35 who currently reside in Miami-Dade County. The sample will be divided equally between genders in order to facilitate the research aim of exploring variations across genders in the way that religious coping moderates the relationship between acculturation stress and substance use/HIV-risk behaviors. All participants will be Latino immigrants who have been living in the U.S. for less than two years. The participant's recent arrival to the U.S. is a unique and important component of this investigation as acculturation stress tends to be at its highest during the first two years of immigration. The proposed study will analyze data collected through face-to face administered paper/pencil questionnaires. Interviews were usually conducted in the participant' home and audio recorded for quality control purposes. The analyses for the proposed research will include data collected from scales on acculturation stress, substance use, HIV-risk, and religious coping. Only standardized scales with good psychometric properties were used. Additionally, three of the five scales have validated Spanish versions. The other two measures went through a thorough translation process including translation/back translation, modified direct translation, and checks for semantic and conceptual equivalence. Structural equation modeling will be the primary method of data analysis for testing relationships between variables in the proposed study. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The proposed study aims to contribute understanding of how religious coping as a Latino cultural value contributes to the adaptation process during the immigration experience. Expanding scientific understanding as to the function and affect of these coping mechanisms could lead to enhanced culturally relevant approaches in service delivery among Latino populations. Furthermore this knowledge could inform research about specific cognitions and behaviors that need to be targeted in prevention and treatment programs among Latino immigrants.