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Acculturation Status and Substance Use among Ethnic Youth: The Role of Peer and Family

Acculturation Status and Substance Use among Ethnic Youth: The Role of Peer and Family. Jaewon Janet Baek Northwestern University Summer Undergraduate Research Program at University of Virginia. Background.

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Acculturation Status and Substance Use among Ethnic Youth: The Role of Peer and Family

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  1. Acculturation Status and Substance Use among Ethnic Youth: The Role of Peer and Family JaewonJanet Baek Northwestern University Summer Undergraduate Research Program at University of Virginia

  2. Background • Health risk behaviors, such as substance use and sexual risk-taking, are significant contributors to mortality during adolescence and later in adulthood (CDC, 2007) • Foreign-born adolescents report lower rates of substance use than U.S.-born adolescents • However, acculturation is associated with increased substance use for both Latinos and Asians (Hussey et al., 2006) • Limitations of prior findings • Most studies only measure length of residence and language proficiency • These acculturation measures do not explain the why or how

  3. Research Question Peer norm Marijuana use Acculturation Familial values What social and cultural factors mediate the relations between acculturation and marijuana use? Are the effects similar across different ethnic groups?

  4. Methodology • UCSF Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2008) • 30-minute online survey • 603 subjects aged 18-24 • White (n=203), Asian (n=206), Latino (n=194) • Measures • IV: Acculturation • Length of residence, language use, AHIMSA • DV: Marijuana use • MV: Familial value, peer norm

  5. Acculturation Level by Ethnicity

  6. Marijuana Use by Ethnicity

  7. Structural Model for Asians e4 1 1 Peer Norm LOR -.21*** e1 -.24** 1 .18** 1 1 Marijuana Language e6 Acculturation e2 Use Use -.29*** -.19** 1 Familism e3 AHIMSA 1 e5 *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001

  8. Structural Model for Latinos e4 1 1 Peer Norm LOR -.26*** e1 -.17 1 .25*** 1 1 Marijuana Language e6 Acculturation e2 Use Use -.16* .065 1 Familism e3 AHIMSA 1 e5 *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001

  9. Findings and Implications • The mechanisms through which acculturation increases risk for marijuana use are not the same across ethnic groups • Peer norms emerged as the strongest predictor of marijuana use for all ethnic groups • Prevention/intervention programs should be culturally responsive • Researchers should incorporate social and cultural factors when studying the effects of acculturation

  10. Future Directions • Moderators (i.e. neighborhood context) • Different risk behaviors (i.e. binge drinking) • Gender differences • Longitudinal study

  11. Acknowledgement • Joanna Lee, Ph.D. (University of Virginia) • Ryan Brown, Ph.D. (Northwestern)

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