A Cultural and Social Cognitive Model of Differences in Acculturation Orientations, Alcohol Expectancies, and Alcohol‐Related Risk Behaviors Among Hispanic College Students

Abstract

Our findings provided relevant data that are informative for preventing alcohol and related risk behaviors among Hispanic college students.

Surveying the Literature on Acculturation and Alcohol Use among Hispanic College Students: We're Not All on the Same Page

“…However, results from a study by Venegas, Cooper, Naylor, Hanson, and Blow (2012) found no differences in levels of biculturalism between heavyepisodic drinkers and nonheavy episodic drinkers. Given that multiple types of biculturalism likely exist, the use of latent class modeling (e.g., Des Rosiers et al, 2013) in acculturation research will greatly enhance our understanding of what it means to be bicultural as well as its protective role against alcohol use and misuse. 6.…”

“…Finally, Des Rosiers, Schwartz, Zamboanga, Ham, and Huang (2013) utilized a bidimensional approach and latent class modeling to classify Hispanic college students into acculturation orientation categories. They empirically derived five acculturation orientations:…”

Alcohol use severity and depressive symptoms among late adolescent Hispanics: Testing associations of acculturation and enculturation in a bicultural transaction model

“…Conversely, higher enculturation is associated with less alcohol consumption (Des Rosiers, Schwartz, Zamboanga, Ham, & Huang, 2013) and fewer depressive symptoms (Cano & Castillo, 2010). However, the extant research on enculturation is limited (Castillo & Caver, 2009) and is heavily focused on the behavioral domain of ethnocultural orientation (Abraído-Lanza et al, 2006).…”

Association of acculturation with drinking games among Hispanic college students

“…Among Hispanic college students, acculturation has often been identified as a cultural correlate of drinking behaviors (9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17). Acculturation is the process of psychological, social, and cultural change and adaptation that takes place when cultural minorities engage in extended close interactions with the majority culture (18).…”

“…Only a handful of alcohol use studies with Hispanic college students have utilized bidimensional conceptions of acculturation, and these results have also yielded mixed findings. For example, Des Rosiers et al (11) used latent class modeling to create five acculturative orientations based on Berry's (24) classic typology: assimilated (acquires US practices and discards one's cultural heritage), separated (rejects US practices and retains one's cultural heritage), and three bicultural groups that involve both adopting US practices and retaining those from one's cultural heritage -separated bicultural, high bicultural, and low bicultural. Des Rosiers et al (11) found that students who were in the three bicultural groups reported lower levels of drinking-related risk behaviors than students in the assimilated group.…”