The Effects of Parental Acculturation and Parenting Practices on the Substance Use of Mexican-Heritage Adolescents from Southwestern Mexican Neighborhoods

Marsiglia, Flavio F.; Nagoshi, Julie L.; Parsai, Monica; Castro, Felipe González

doi:10.1080/15332640.2014.905215

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“…This finding supports the general PAR literature that highlights the role of positive PAR on later onset (Cleveland et al, 2012; Jones et al, 2005; J. L. Kamon et al, 2006; Koning et al, 2012; Marsiglia, Nagoshi, Parsai, & Castro, 2014; Trucco et al, 2014). For example, Ozer, Flores, Tschann, and Pasch (2013) noted that positive maternal PAR (e.g., acceptance and support) was negatively associated with adolescent alcohol and marijuana use in a Mexican American sample (N=151).…”

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Parent-adolescent relationships in Hispanic versus Caucasian families: Associations with alcohol and marijuana use onset

Moreno

Janssen

Cox

et al. 2017

Addictive Behaviors

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Parent-adolescent relationship (PAR) factors such as social support and negative interactions are associated with initiation of alcohol and marijuana use during adolescence. However, few studies have examined whether the relationship between PAR, especially the paternal role, and substance use onset varies by ethnicity. This is important given that ethnic group differences have been related to alcohol and marijuana use, cultural values and parenting. This study examines whether ethnicity moderates the prospective prediction of substance use onset by PAR factors. The sample comprised 124 adolescents who self-identified as Hispanic and 795 adolescents who self-identified as non-Hispanic Whites, and was drawn from an ongoing longitudinal survey on adolescent substance use. Discrete-time survival modeling was used to prospectively predict age at onset of substance use among participants who were substance-naïve at baseline. Interactions between ethnicity and PAR factors indicated that PAR factors had a larger influence on age of alcohol and marijuana onset for Hispanics than for Caucasians. Among Hispanics, greater social support from and greater negative interactions with the father-figure were more predictive of earlier onset of alcohol, and greater social support from the mother-figure was more predictive of later alcohol onset, compared to Caucasians. Similarly, greater negative interactions with the father-figure were more predictive of earlier onset of marijuana use among Hispanics than among Caucasians. These findings suggest the influence of PAR on alcohol and marijuana use onset may be larger for Hispanics than for Caucasians. Incorporating these parenting factors in substance use prevention programs advances public health in a culturally sensitive manner that is relevant to at-risk Hispanic adolescents.

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Parent-adolescent relationships in Hispanic versus Caucasian families: Associations with alcohol and marijuana use onset

Moreno

Janssen

Cox

et al. 2017

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“…This suggests that linguistic acculturation is neither directly linked, nor indirectly via family functioning, to smoking initiation. Our sample was drawn from predominantly Mexican heritage communities and in such communities strong cultural values are maintained despite linguistic acculturation due to the protective effects of the ethnic enclave [33, 34]. Indeed the participants in our sample reported significantly lower rates of cigarette experimentation than Hispanic youth do overall in Texas [1], which underscores the possibility that the influence from familismo and respeto could outweigh the influence from acculturation [12].…”

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Smoking Initiation Among Mexican Heritage Youth and the Roles of Family Cohesion and Conflict

Rajesh

Diamond

Spitz

et al. 2015

Journal of Adolescent Health

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Purpose High levels of family conflict increase the risk for early smoking initiation and smoking escalation among adolescents, while high levels of warmth and cohesion in the family are protective against smoking initiation. However, little is known about the associations between changes in family function during adolescence on subsequent smoking initiation among Mexican heritage adolescents. Methods In 2005-06, 1,328 Mexican heritage adolescents aged 11 to 14 years enrolled in a cohort study to examine non-genetic and genetic factors associated with cigarette experimentation. In 2008-09, 1,154 participants completed a follow-up. Multivariate logistic regression models were computed to prospectively examine associations between smoking behavior assessed in 2008-09 and changes in family cohesion and family conflict assessed in both 2005-06 and 2008-09, controlling for gender, age, and linguistic acculturation, positive outcome expectations associated with smoking, as well as friends and family smoking behavior. Results Overall 21% had tried cigarettes by 2008-09. Consistently low levels of family cohesion (OR=3.06; 95% CI: 1.38-6.73) and decreases in family cohesion (OR=2.36; 95% CI: 1.37-4.07), as well as consistently high levels of family conflict (OR=1.74; 95% CI: 1.08-2.79) and increases in conflict (OR=1.87; 95% CI: 1.19-2.94) were independent risk factors for smoking initiation among Mexican heritage youth. Conclusions Our findings suggest that family cohesion protects against adolescent smoking while family conflict increases the risk for smoking. Therefore intervention programs for adolescents and parents could focus on enhancing family bonding and closeness, which is protective against smoking initiation.

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“…Given that investigators have shown that child rearing practices among Hispanic families can vary by gender (Córdova, Ciofu, & Cervantes, 2014; Marsiglia, Nagoshi, Parsai, & Castro, 2014), it should not be surprising that the effects of parent-adolescent family-functioning discrepancies on Hispanic adolescent HIV risk behaviors vary as a function of gender (Córdova et al, 2014). For example, Córdova and colleagues (2014) found that, relative to males, the influence of family functioning discrepancies on lifetime alcohol use was stronger for females.…”

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A Longitudinal Test of the Parent–Adolescent Family Functioning Discrepancy Hypothesis: A Trend toward Increased HIV Risk Behaviors Among Immigrant Hispanic Adolescents

Córdova

Schwartz

Unger

et al. 2016

J Youth Adolescence

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Parent-adolescent discrepancies in family functioning play an important role in HIV risk behaviors among adolescents, yet longitudinal research with recent immigrant Hispanic families remains limited. This study tested the effects of trajectories of parent–adolescent family functioning discrepancies on HIV risk behaviors among recent-immigrant Hispanic adolescents. Additionally, we examined whether and to what extent trajectories of parent-adolescent family functioning discrepancies vary as a function of gender. We assessed family functioning of 302 Hispanic adolescents (47% female) and their parent (70% female) at six time points over a three-year period and computed latent discrepancy scores between parent and adolescent reports at each timepoint. Additionally, adolescents completed measures of sexual risk behaviors and alcohol use. We conducted a confirmatory factor analysis to determine the feasibility of collapsing parent and adolescent reported family functioning indicators onto a single latent discrepancy variable, tested model invariance over time, and conducted growth mixture modeling (GMM). GMM yielded a three-class solution for discrepancies: High-Increasing, High-Stable, and Low-Stable. Relative to the Low-Stable class, parent–adolescent dyads in the High-Increasing and High-Stable classes were at greater risk for adolescents reporting sexual debut at time 6. Additionally, the High-Stable class was at greater risk, relative to the Low-Stable class, in terms of adolescent lifetime alcohol use at 30 months post-baseline. Multiple group GMM indicated that trajectories of parent-adolescent family functioning trajectories did not vary by gender. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

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The Effects of Parental Acculturation and Parenting Practices on the Substance Use of Mexican-Heritage Adolescents from Southwestern Mexican Neighborhoods

Cited by 23 publications

References 75 publications

Parent-adolescent relationships in Hispanic versus Caucasian families: Associations with alcohol and marijuana use onset

Parent-adolescent relationships in Hispanic versus Caucasian families: Associations with alcohol and marijuana use onset

Smoking Initiation Among Mexican Heritage Youth and the Roles of Family Cohesion and Conflict

A Longitudinal Test of the Parent–Adolescent Family Functioning Discrepancy Hypothesis: A Trend toward Increased HIV Risk Behaviors Among Immigrant Hispanic Adolescents

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