Acculturation, familism, and alcohol use among Latino adolescent males: Longitudinal relations

The Role of Family Support and Parental Monitoring as Mediators in Mexican American Adolescent Drinking

“…Significant mean differences were found in use of alcohol with U.S.-born adolescents having higher rates of drinking compared to first generation youth. Similar findings were obtained in previous studies that explored generational differences in drinking (Cavanagh, 2007;Gil et al, 2000). Youth with higher levels of depression were significantly more likely to report use of alcohol.…”

“…Several studies have found that U.S.-born Mexican adolescents are more vulnerable to alcohol abuse than foreign-born Mexican Americans (Alva, 1995;Boles, Casas, Furlong, & Gonzalez, 1994;Cavanagh, 2007). Foreign-born Mexicans are more likely to abstain from alcohol use than those born in America (Gil, Wagner, & Vega, 2000), and evidence suggests that alcohol use may increase with each successive generation (Cavanagh, 2007). Aspects of assimilation, such as having more Caucasian friends (Cavanagh, 2007) and use of English, were also related to increased drinking among Mexican Americans (Gil et al, 2000;Guilamo-Ramos, Jaccard, Johansson, & Tunisi, 2004;Marsiglia, Kulis, Hecht, & Sills, 2004;Zapata & Katims, 1994).…”

The Influence of Acculturation on Substance Use Behaviors among Latina Sexual Minority Women: The Mediating Role of Discrimination

“…Distal stress process includes an individual's experiences of discrimination and violence whereas proximal stress process includes internalized homophobia, perceived stigma, and concealment of one's sexual orientation or transgender identity (Eaton et al, 2008). The stress-coping model of substance use suggests that individuals misuse alcohol and other illicit substances to manage stress (Gil, Wagner, & Vega, 2000). Sexual minority status is often predictive of exposure to unique stressful life circumstances, such as stigma, discrimination, and social exclusion (Hatzenbeuhler, Phelan, & Link, 2013;Meyer, 2003) and this has been associated with substance use (Lehavot & Simoni, 2011).…”

Immigration stress, exposure to traumatic life experiences, and problem drinking among first-generation immigrant Latino couples

“…An examination of the actor effects for each of the different dimensions of immigration stress on women's problem drinking indicates that such positive associations were present for the stress derived from language and occupational challenges and missing their family. These findings suggest that for acculturation-related aspects of immigration stress, such as occupational and language challenges, Latino women may cope by drinking, which seems consistent with studies that have found an association between acculturation stress and drinking (e.g., Ehlers et al, 2009;Gil et al, 2000;Lee et al, 2013). Considering Latinos' strong family orientation, it is possible that missing one's family of origin might be one of the most difficult aspects to cope with when Latinas immigrate to the U.S. missing family might be an even more salient challenge for those Latino women who have to leave their own children in their countries of origin (Falicov, 2014).…”

“…In fact, individuals exposed to traumatic life experiences have been found to drink to cope with negative affect (e.g., Stewart, Mitchell, Wright, & Loba, 2004;Ullman, Filipas, Townsend, & Starzynski, 2006;Volpicelli et al, 1999), and some studies have found associations between acculturation stress and problem drinking among Latinos (e.g., Ehlers et al, 2009;Gil, Wagner, & Vega, 2000;Lee et al, 2013).…”