TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural stressors, identity development, and substance use attitudes among Hispanic immigrant adolescents
AU - Grigsby, Timothy J.
AU - Forster, Myriam
AU - Meca, Alan
AU - Zamboanga, Byron L.
AU - Schwartz, Seth J.
AU - Unger, Jennifer B.
N1 - Funding Information:
Preparation of this article was supported by Grant DA026594 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to Seth J. Schwartz. NIDA had no role in the preparation or decision to submit this work for publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2018/1
Y1 - 2018/1
N2 - The goal of this investigation was to determine whether various cultural stressors (bicultural stress, perceived discrimination, and perceived negative context of reception [PNCR]) predict positive and negative substance use attitudes, directly and indirectly through personal identity, in a sample of immigrant Hispanic adolescents. Data on cultural stressors, substance use attitudes, and covariates were collected from 302 Hispanic immigrant adolescents (152 from Miami [61% Cuban] and 150 from Los Angeles [70% Mexican]) at 3 time points. PNCR was associated with identity confusion (β =.175, p =.033). Identity confusion significantly predicted higher positive attitudes toward alcohol and other drug (AOD; β =.216, p <.001) and cigarette use (β =.191, p =.015) and mediated the relationship between PNCR with unfavorable AOD attitudes (β = −.019, 95% confidence interval [CI] [− 0.052, − 0.001]) and favorable AOD attitudes (β = 0.038, 95% CI [0.003, 0.086]). Perceptions of a negative context of reception may hinder successful personal identity formation and impact health outcomes for immigrant youth.
AB - The goal of this investigation was to determine whether various cultural stressors (bicultural stress, perceived discrimination, and perceived negative context of reception [PNCR]) predict positive and negative substance use attitudes, directly and indirectly through personal identity, in a sample of immigrant Hispanic adolescents. Data on cultural stressors, substance use attitudes, and covariates were collected from 302 Hispanic immigrant adolescents (152 from Miami [61% Cuban] and 150 from Los Angeles [70% Mexican]) at 3 time points. PNCR was associated with identity confusion (β =.175, p =.033). Identity confusion significantly predicted higher positive attitudes toward alcohol and other drug (AOD; β =.216, p <.001) and cigarette use (β =.191, p =.015) and mediated the relationship between PNCR with unfavorable AOD attitudes (β = −.019, 95% confidence interval [CI] [− 0.052, − 0.001]) and favorable AOD attitudes (β = 0.038, 95% CI [0.003, 0.086]). Perceptions of a negative context of reception may hinder successful personal identity formation and impact health outcomes for immigrant youth.
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U2 - 10.1002/jcop.21920
DO - 10.1002/jcop.21920
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85038083480
VL - 46
SP - 117
EP - 132
JO - Journal of Community Psychology
JF - Journal of Community Psychology
SN - 0090-4392
IS - 1
ER -