ALCOHOL USE AND RELATED PROBLEMS--MEXICAN AMERICAN YOUTH

申请人摘要：本项目将进行区域调查（5 西南各州）的酒精使用和酒精相关的问题， 墨西哥裔美国人8年级和12年级学生以及非西班牙裔白色人 来自同一地区的年轻人。12年级年龄组的辍学者将 也被调查。将按年级、性别、辍学情况进行比较 酒精使用频率和强度、年龄 第一次喝醉，使用的原因和感知的伤害。情绪问题和 行为问题，包括酒后驾车，这是由于 将对酒精使用情况进行评估，以确定问题的发生率和类型。 结构化的访谈和调查与墨西哥的一个单独的样本- 美国和白色非西班牙裔12年级学生将提供详细信息 的问题行为，并评估个人，社会，经济，法律的， 以及酒精相关问题的情感代价。调查和访谈 从这些12年级学生的父母那里获得的数据将提供抵押品， 数据，以便可以比较学生报告和家长报告指标 潜在变量模型与情绪困扰和 社会化特征和结合情绪困扰， 社会化特征将与物质使用有关， 墨西哥裔美国人和白色非西班牙裔青少年， 强调与酒精有关的问题，并将按年级进行比较， 性别、辍学状况和种族。在此研究中探索的对等变量 研究将包括同伴鼓励，同伴制裁，同伴联系， 同伴酒精偏差，同伴/学校认同，同伴学校 调整和同伴家庭联系。心理特征 包括自尊、社会疏离感、受责备感、抑郁 焦虑、愤怒、攻击性、对异常行为的容忍度、寻求刺激、 还有害羞社会化特征包括家庭关怀、家庭 对酒精使用的制裁，宗教认同，学校 适应，社区联结，父母/学校联结，父母 监控、家庭沟通、父母拒绝和家庭 物质使用。文化特征包括世代地位， 西班牙文化的鉴定，以及白色非 西班牙文化

APPLICANT'S ABSTRACT: This project will conduct a regional survey (five southwestern states) of alcohol use and alcohol-related problems among Mexican-American 8th and 12th grade students and among White non-Hispanic youth from the same region. Dropouts from the 12th grade age cohort will also be surveyed. Comparisons will be made by grade, gender, dropout status and ethnicity on frequency and intensity of alcohol use, age first drunk, reasons for use and perceived harm. Emotional problems and behavioral problems, including drinking and driving, that result from alcohol use will be assessed to determine rates and types of problems. Structured interviews and surveys with a separate sample of Mexican- American and White non-Hispanic 12th grade students will provide details of the problem behaviors and evaluate personal, social, economic, legal, and emotional costs of alcohol-related problems. Survey and interview data obtained from parents of these 12th graders will provide collateral data so that student report and parent report indicators can be compared in latent variable models. Path models relating emotional distress and socialization characteristics and combining emotional distress and socialization characteristics will be related to substance use among Mexican-American and White non-Hispanic adolescents, with a particular emphasis on alcohol-related problems and will be compared by grade, gender, dropout status, and ethnicity. Peer variables explored in this study will include peer encouragement, peer sanctions, peer bonding, peer alcohol deviance, peer/school identification, peer school adjustment, and peer family links. Psychological characteristics include self-esteem, social alienation, feeling blamed, depression, anxiety, anger, aggression, tolerance of deviance, excitement seeking, and shyness. Socialization characteristics include family caring,family sanctions against alcohol use, religious identification, school adjustment, community bonding, parent/school bonding, parental monitoring, family communication, parental rejection, and family substance use. Cultural characteristics include generational status, identification with Hispanic culture, and identification with White non- Hispanic culture.