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

描述（由申请人提供）：本研究旨在研究（a）文化适应压力对最近拉丁美洲移民中物质使用和艾滋病毒风险行为的影响，（B）宗教应对机制是否对这种关系具有调节作用。要测试的中心假设是，特定的宗教应对机制的影响，文化适应压力的拉丁美洲移民的物质使用和艾滋病毒的风险行为的关系。这项研究将使用来自佛罗里达国际大学通过美国拉丁美洲艾滋病毒/艾滋病和药物滥用研究中心进行的纵向研究的二级数据分析进行。在拟议的研究中将使用横截面设计。预计样本将包括从原始母研究的总样本520中抽取的200名参与者的子集。样本将包括目前居住在迈阿密戴德县的19至35岁的100名男性和100名女性。样本将在性别之间平均分配，以促进探索宗教应对方式调节文化适应压力和物质使用/艾滋病毒风险行为之间关系的性别差异的研究目标。所有参与者都是在美国生活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，因为文化适应压力往往在移民的头两年达到最高水平。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，并为质量控制目的进行录音。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量表收集的数据。仅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验证西班牙文版本。另外两项措施经历了一个彻底的翻译过程，包括翻译/回译，修改直接翻译，并检查语义和概念的对等。结构方程模型将是数据分析的主要方法，用于测试拟议研究中变量之间的关系。 公共卫生相关性：拟议中的研究旨在促进了解如何宗教应对作为一种拉丁美洲文化价值观有助于在移民的经验，适应过程中。扩大对这些应对机制的功能和影响的科学认识，可能会导致加强拉丁美洲人口提供服务的文化相关的方法。此外，这些知识可以为拉丁美洲移民的预防和治疗计划中需要针对的特定认知和行为的研究提供信息。

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.