Linking Acculturation to Latino Adolescent Substance Use

这项建议的目的是解决预防文献中关于发展的一个重大差距。 拉丁裔青年的物质使用及相关问题。拉美裔人口是美国增长最快的种族亚群， 然而，我们对人口风险和保护机制的科学理解远远落后于增长 费率。虽然流行病学数据支持拉菲诺青年并不比普通青年有更大的药物使用风险 在人口中，一些数据表明，他们可能面临与药物使用同时发生的问题(例如，学校)的更大风险 失败、监禁、健康状况不佳)。在外国出生的拉丁裔年轻人似乎特别容易出现这样的问题，而且确实存在 越来越多的证据表明，拉丁裔青年开始使用药物和滥用药物的风险随着他们变得越来越多而大幅增加 适应了美国社会。理论模型表明，文化适应过程与其他语境因素一起 (例如，社会经济地位、社会支持过程)通过影响更多的因素间接影响青少年的适应 最近的变量(即，育儿实践)。文献中扎实的理论基础导致了发展和 测试了一系列旨在改善文化适应对拉美裔年轻人潜在有害影响的干预措施。 然而，理论和应用干预工作背后的经验基础是稀少的。事实上，很少有实证研究是 研究了文化适应过程中的变化是如何随着时间的推移展开的，以预测不同家庭的结果 在这一过程中的各个阶段。 目前的研究将通过检查物质使用和相关的发展途径来帮助填补这一空白 225个新移民的拉丁裔家庭面临的问题。前瞻性的纵向设计将采用多种方法和 代理在长达14年的驻留期内对家庭流程变量进行横断面评估，并允许 在三年调整期内对个人家庭轨迹进行纵向检查。目的是：(1)审查 文化适应过程、社会背景和社会支持过程对家庭环境的纵向影响， 针对拉美裔移民家庭的育儿实践、青少年物质使用及相关问题；(2)检查 在美国居住多年关于文化适应过程与青少年物质使用发展之间的关系 以及(3)检验基于社会互动的综合理论模型 学习理论，具体说明家庭环境和父母教养方式对家庭环境和父母教养方式之间关系的中介作用 宏观系统和外部系统因素(即文化适应过程、社会背景和社会支持过程)和 拉美裔移民青年及其家庭的物质使用及相关问题。

The purpose of this proposal is to address a significant gap in the prevention literature about the development of substance use and related problems for Latino youth. The Latino population is the fastest growing ethnic subgroup in the U.S., yet our scientific understanding about mechanisms of risk and protection in the population has lagged far behind the growth rate. While epidemiological data support that Lafino youth are at no greater risk for substance use than the general youth population, some data indicate that they might be at greater risk for problems that co-occur with substance use (e.g., school failure, incarceration, poor health). Foreign-born Latino youngsters seem to be at particular risk for such problems, and there is growing evidence that risk for substance use initiation and abuse for Latino youth grows substantially as they become more acculturated to the U.S. society. Theoretical models suggest that acculturation processes along with other contextual factors (e.g., socioeconomic status, social support processes) exert their effects on youngster adjustment indirectly, by impacting more proximal variables (i.e., parenting practices). Strong theoretical foundations in the literature have led to the development and testing of a host of interventions designed to ameliorate potential deleterious effects of acculturation for Latino youngsters. Yet, the empirical basis underlying the theory and applied intervention work is sparse. In fact, few empirical studies have been conducted that examine how changes in acculturation processes unfold over time to predict outcomes for families at different stages in the process. The current study will help fill this gap by examining the developmental pathways towards substance use and related problems for 225 recently immigrated Latino families. The prospective, longitudinal design will employ multiple methods and agents to assess family process variables cross-sectionally across up to a 14-year time in residency period, and allows for longitudinal examination of individual family trajectories across a three-year adjustment period. The aims are to: (1) examine the longitudinal effects of acculturation processes, social contexts, and social support processes on family environment, parenting practices, and youth substance use and related problems for immigrant Latino families; (2) examine the effects of years in U.S. residency on the relationship between acculturation processes and the development of youngster substance use and related problems for immigrant Latino families; and (3) test an integrative theoretical model based on social interaction learning theory that specifies mediating effects of family environment and parenting practices on the relationships between macrosystem and exosystem factors (i.e., acculturation processes, social contexts, and social support processes) and substance use and related problems for immigrant Latino youth and their families.