Acculturation, Substance Use, and Deviant Behavior: Examining Separation and Family Conflict as Mediators

This longitudinal study examined how separation and family conflict mediated the effects of two acculturation variables (English language use and generational status) on substance use (alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use) and deviant behavior outcomes in a Mexican American high school age sample. St...

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Published in:Child development 2003-11, Vol.74 (6), p.1737-1750
Main Authors: McQueen, Amy, Greg Getz, J., Bray, James H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Adolescence
Adolescent
Adolescents
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol Drinking - psychology
Alcohols
Antisocial Personality Disorder - epidemiology
Antisocial Personality Disorder - psychology
Behavioural disorders
Biological and medical sciences
Conflict (Psychology)
Cross-Sectional Studies
Deviant behavior
Deviant behaviour
Empirical Articles
English language
Family
Family - psychology
Family conflict
Family environment. Family history
Female
Health Surveys
Hispanic Americans
Hispanics
Humans
Individuation
Language
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Marijuana Abuse - epidemiology
Marijuana Abuse - psychology
Marijuana use
Marital separation
Mediation
Medical sciences
Mexican American people
Mexican Americans - psychology
Mexican Americans - statistics & numerical data
Models, Psychological
Parents
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Separation
Sex Factors
Smoking - epidemiology
Smoking - psychology
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Substance abuse
Substance use
Texas
U.S.A
USA
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Summary:This longitudinal study examined how separation and family conflict mediated the effects of two acculturation variables (English language use and generational status) on substance use (alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use) and deviant behavior outcomes in a Mexican American high school age sample. Structural equation modeling indicated that separation was a significant mediator of the relationship between acculturation and alcohol use, tobacco use, and deviant behavior. Family conflict mediated the effects of acculturation on marijuana use and deviant behavior. Model comparisons across gender groups suggested that generational status was an influential acculturation measure for females but not males. Additionally, English language use maintained a direct effect on marijuana use among females, whereas this relationship was mediated by separation for males.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.1046/j.1467-8624.2003.00635.x