Mexican-origin youth’s risk behavior from adolescence to young adulthood: The role of familism values.

Abstract

Engagement in risk behavior has implications for individuals' academic achievement, health, and well-being, yet there is a paucity of developmental research on the role of culturally-relevant strengths in individual and family differences in risk behavior involvement among ethnic minority youth. In this study, we used a longitudinal cohort-sequential design to chart intraindividual trajectories of risk behavior and test variation by gender and familism values in 492 youth from 12 to 22 years of age. Participants were older and younger siblings from 246 Mexican-origin families who reported on their risk behaviors in interviews spaced over eight years. Multilevel cohort-sequential growth models revealed that youth reported an increase in risk behavior from 12 to 18 years of age, and then a decline to age 22. Male youth reported greater overall levels and a steeper increase in risk behavior from ages 12 to 18, compared to female youth. For familism values, on occasions when youth reported higher levels, they also reported lower levels of risk behavior (i.e., within-person effect). For sibling dyads characterized by higher average levels of familism values, youth reported lower average levels of risk behavior (i.e., between-family effect). Findings provide unique insights into risk behavior from adolescence to young adulthood among Mexican-origin youth.

Sex, drugs, and early emerging risk: Examining the association between sexual debut and substance use across adolescence

“…Latino adolescents may initiate substance use earlier as well [7,26,27,28]. On the other hand, there are distinctive features of Latino culture (e.g., familism) that are associated with reduced risky behavior and that help promote positive youth development [32][33]. Accordingly, it is important to examine whether previously observed ethnic group differences in debut timing, substance use, and cultural traditions also translate into differences in the associations between sexual debut and substance use.…”

Sex, drugs, and early emerging risk: Examining the association between sexual debut and substance use across adolescence

“…Latino adolescents may initiate substance use earlier as well [7,26,27,28]. On the other hand, there are distinctive features of Latino culture (e.g., familism) that are associated with reduced risky behavior and that help promote positive youth development [32][33].…”

Standardized instruments to assess the relationship between impulsivity and risk behaviors in adolescents: systematic review

“…A impulsividade afeta o comportamento em diferentes contextos como o lazer e o trabalho (Sharma, Markon, & Clark, 2014;Willhelm, Fortes, Czermainski, Rates, & Almeida, 2016), podendo, portanto, gerar sofrimento, dificuldades de ajustamento e transtornos mentais. A impulsividade, própria da adolescência, é marcada por um aumento do CR (Brown et al, 2015;Collado, MacPherson, Kurdziel, Rosenberg, & Lejuez, 2014;Ke-ough, Badawi, Nitka, O'Connor, & Stewart, 2016;Steinberg, 2008).O CR envolve a participação em atividades que podem iniciar por exploração, ocorrendo uma única vez, ou a participação recorrente em atos que podem comprometer a saúde mental e física (Wheeler et al, 2017). A predisposição do adolescente para assumir riscos se deve a mistura de genes, hormônios, alterações cerebrais e ao meio ambiente em que está inserido (Cohn, Popma, Raine, & Cima, 2016;Holz, Zohsel, Laucht, Banaschewski, Hohmann & Brandeis, 2016).…”

“…Apesar da variedade de CR (Brown et al, 2012;Niquice, 2014;Rosen et al, 2016;Steinberg, 2014;Wheeler et al, 2017), nesta revisão sistemática optou-se por focar no comportamento sexual de risco e abuso de álcool e drogas ilícitas. Esta delimitação se justifica em função de que o uso de substâncias psicoativas ilícitas, além do risco à saúde, expõe o adolescente a outros riscos como o envolvimento com o tráfico e alterações severas no desenvolvimento cerebral (McNeely & Blanchard, 2009;Squeglia et al, 2009).…”