Acculturation and Latino adolescents’ substance use: a research agenda for the future
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This paper conducts a review of the literature on acculturation by Latino adolescents to traditional European-American cultural values and its effect on their substance-using behaviors. This review includes a critical analysis of studies that examine the effects of acculturation on the mental wellbeing of Latino adolescents. Recent findings documenting the association between acculturation and substance use among Latino adolescents are discussed. This paper also examines the limitations of the current research and proposes the development of acculturation scales that focus on measuring the role that predominant Latino and American values, attitudes, and norms play in the substance-use behavior of Latino adolescents. Additionally, the author proposes the development of a conceptual framework that accounts for the impact of acculturation-related stress and the mitigating factors affecting such stress on the substance-use behavior of Latino adolescents. The author asserts that understanding the effects of acculturation-related stress and accompanying mitigating factors could begin to explain the increasingly high rates of substance use reported for Latino adolescents. There is a discussion of research gaps and related research issues, and recommendations for future research are also made.
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Studies have found increased rates of substance use among Latino youth with higher levels of acculturation.
“Studies have found increased rates of substance use among Latino youth with higher levels of acculturation (De La Rosa, 2002; Vega et al., 2007).”
From Assessment of culture and environment in the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study: Rationale, description of measures, and early data (2018) · cites this paper as De La Rosa, 2002
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“To illustrate this point, one such opportunity is the ability to better understand mechanisms that may explain over a decade’s worth of research demonstrating increased rates of SU among Latino youth with higher levels of acculturation (De La Rosa, 2002; Gil et al., 2000; Vega et al., 2007).”
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- Authors
- De La Rosa, M.
- Venue
- Substance Use & Misuse
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2002-01
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 429-456
- ISSN
- 1082-6084 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-2491
- OpenAlex
- W2051789278
- Cited by
- 175
- References
- 18
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 14 · 2012: 13
- FWCI
- 15.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Substance Use & Misuse (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Latin American and Latino Studies
- Keywords
- acculturation, Latino adolescents, substance use, acculturative stress, acculturation scale, psychological well-being, cultural values, mitigating circumstances, research agenda
- MeSH terms
- Acculturation, Adolescent, Behavior, Cultural Characteristics, Forecasting, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Mental Health, Stress, Psychological, Tobacco Use Disorder, United States, Prevalence, Substance-Related Disorders, Alcohol-Related Disorders
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