Associations between indicators of acculturation and tobacco dependence among Spanish-speaking Latino smokers

Abstract

The current study utilized regression analyses to explore the relationships among demographic and linguistic indicators of acculturation, gender, and tobacco dependence among Spanish-speaking Latino smokers in treatment. Additionally, bootstrapping analyses were used to examine the role of dependence as a mediator of the relationship between indicators of acculturation and cessation. Indicators of time spent in the United States were related to indicators of physical dependence. Preferred media was related to a multidimensional measure of dependence. Gender did not impact the relationships between acculturation indicators and dependence. A multidimensional measure of dependence significantly mediated the relationship between preferred media language and cessation. Future research would benefit from consideration of acculturation and multidimensional measures of dependence when studying smoking cessation among Latinos, and from further examination of factors accounting for relationships among acculturation, dependence, and cessation.

Abdominal Wall Defects Among Mexican American Infants: The Effect of Maternal Nativity

“…[2][3][4][5][6] Acculturation to an American lifestyle is the leading explanation for these phenomena. 2,6,8,[10][11][12][13][14][15] Using national data, Khodr et al reported an increased rate of gastroschisis among infants of more acculturated, non-teen Hispanic mothers. 19 In contrast, Ramadhani et The incidence of gastroschisis is rising and significantly exceeds that of omphalocele.…”

“…[2][3][4][5][6] However, this advantage is limited to Mexico-born mothers, [7][8][9] suggesting that lifelong minority status and/or acculturation to an American lifestyle are risk factors for adverse birth outcome. 2,6,8,[10][11][12][13][14][15] Using national vital record data, a recent study found that the infant mortality rate of term births to US-born Mexican American mothers exceeded that of their Mexico-born counterparts. 16 Although congenital anomalies were the leading cause of first year mortality in both subgroups of term infants, maternal birth in the United States (compared with Mexico) was not associated with increased infant mortality rates due to congenital anomalies.…”

Determinants of Smoking and Cessation Among Latinos: Challenges and Implications for Research

“…Also, it represents yet another prognostic indicator that may not be useful to apply to Latino smokers. As such, there have been repeated calls for research into the non-physical aspects of tobacco dependence as determinants of smoking and cessation among Latinos (Castro et al, 2012;Reitzel et al, 2009;Zhu, Pulvers, Zhuang, & Baezconde-Garbanati, 2007).…”

“…Comprehensive self-report measures of tobacco dependence that tap into multiple social and cognitive (as well as physical) aspects of tobacco dependence have emerged in recent years (e.g., Etter, Le Houezec, & Perneger, 2003;Piper et al, 2004;Shiffman, Waters, & Hickcox, 2004;Smith et al, 2010), and research using such measures with Latino smokers is beginning to emerge (e.g., Castro et al, 2012;Kendzor, Businelle, Reitzel, Rios, et al, 2014). However, this is occurring in the absence of known published studies that explicitly examine whether or not the psychometric structure and predictive utility of these scales are similar for Latinos compared to other racial/ethnic groups of smokers.…”

Cigarette smoking and quit attempts among Latinos in substance use disorder treatment

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