Twenty years after: replicating a study of Anglo- and Mexican-American cultural values

Chandler, Charles R.; Tsai, Yung-Mei; Wharton, Renee

doi:10.1016/s0362-3319(99)00006-3

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“…This type of parenting is consistent with Latino cultural values and beliefs. For instance, Latinos value devotion to the family ( familismo), with members often subjugating their individual goals in favor of needs of the family as a whole (Chandler, Tsai, & Wharton, 1999;Zayas & Solari, 1994). Devotion to family also calls for unquestioning deference and respect for one's parents and grandparents (respeto) (Zayas & Solari, 1994).…”

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Parenting practices and childhood anxiety reporting in Mexican, Mexican American, and European American families

Luis

Varela

Moore

2008

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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Section: Parenting Practices Mexican Culture and Anxietymentioning

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Parenting practices and childhood anxiety reporting in Mexican, Mexican American, and European American families

Luis

Varela

Moore

2008

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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“…Research suggests that traditional Mexican culture has a familycentred orientation, or familismo, as well as respect for one's parent, or respecto, which work to keep adolescents from risk behaviours, such as delinquency and substance use, while enhancing resiliency in the face of environmental difficulties (e.g. Suarez-Orozco & Suarez-Orozco, 1995;Chandler, Tsai, & Wharton, 1999;Denner, Kirby, & Coyle, 2001). …”

Section: Mexican Origin Pre-adolescents Parental Monitoring and Famimentioning

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The Effects of Mexican origin family structure on parental monitoring and pre‐adolescent substance use expectancies and substance use

Warren

Wagstaff

Hecht

et al. 2008

Journal of Substance Use

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Substance use among Mexican origin, low-income youths is a serious, but under-studied problem. This study examines the relationship between the structure of Mexican origin families (i.e. nuclear, single-parent, blended or extended), and the parental monitoring, substance use expectancies, and substance use reported by pre-adolescents. Family structure did not differentiate the substance use prevalence, expectancies or parental monitoring among the 1224 low-income, Mexican-origin fifth grade participants. Parents from all family types demonstrated similar levels of parental monitoring. More importantly, family composition was not related to pre-adolescents' substance use. Other analyses showed that the relationship between substance use and certain demographic variables (e.g. gender, country of birth, language use) did not differ across family structures. The report concludes by discussing possible developmental and resiliency factors in Mexican origin families that would account for these findings.

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“…In contrast, Spanish-language maintenance protects adolescents by sheltering them from a developmentally driven expansion of their social networks that puts them at greater risk for encountering pro-drug peers and opportunities to use substances (Escobar, 1998). It also helps to preserve the protective, identity enhancing effects of maintaining cultural ties through continued use of Spanish (Chandler, Tsai, and Wharton 1999;Denner, Kirby, and Coyle 2001;Duncan et al, 1998;Flannery, Williams, and Vazsonyi, 1999;Suarez-Orozco and Suarez-Orozco 1995). …”

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A Cross-National Study of Preadolescent Substance Use: Exploring Differences Between Youth in Spain and Arizona

Martín

Kulis

Marsiglia

et al. 2008

Substance Use & Misuse

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This study aims to comparatively examine drug use in Arizona and Spain, in order to know if similarities and differences in drug use patterns justify the administration in Spain of U.S. prevention intervention programs. Data were obtained from independent samples of seventh-grade students recruited from urban public schools and surveyed in 1998: 4,035 ethnically diverse Arizona students (Latinos and non-Hispanic Whites), and 2,243 Spanish-White students. Comparisons using Odds ratios and Chi-square tests allowed assessment of differences in drug use rates between preadolescents in Arizona and Spain taking into account gender. Furthermore, ethnicity differences in preadolescent drug use and in psychosocial risk factors were explored using multivariate analysis (ANOVA and logistic regression). Our results showed similar trends in drug use between Arizona and Spain students, with gateway drugs already in use by early adolescents, and with higher rates of drug use among males than among females. However, cross-national differences in marijuana/ cannabis use were noteworthy: Arizona preadolescents were over 25 times more likely to report marijuana/cannabis use than preadolescents from Spain. Moreover, when ethnic differences were considered, Latinos in Arizona reported higher marijuana/cannabis use compared with non-Latino students. Drug use patterns among Latino preadolescents, as well as the relevance of some risk factors among the diverse groups, were strongly influenced by their level of acculturation. Study limitations and the implications of our findings for early drug use prevention and future research are discussed. KeywordsPreadolescents; substance use; cross-national; Spain; Arizona; gender; ethnicity Substance abuse 1 among adolescents is an important public health problem both in the United States and in Europe. Adolescent substance misuse has been related to other behavioral problems such as school dropout, truancy, aggression, and antisocial behavior (Donovan and Jessor, 1978;Eggert and Randell, 2003). In addition, drug use during late childhood and adolescence may lead to diverse social and emotional problems during adulthood and, therefore, considerably impair psychosocial development (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2003;Severson, Andrews, and Walker, 2003 has promoted the development of prevention strategies in different countries (Ferrer-Wreder, Stattin, Lorente, Tubman, and Adamson, 2004). Usually, prevention programs that have been proven as efficacious in other contexts are selected for administration. In fact, many European countries have imported prevention strategies developed in the United States, given that the better known U.S. programs are supported by rigorous evaluation data. Within this context, the present study is aimed at comparatively examining drug use in Arizona and Spain, in order to know if similarities and differences in drug use patterns justify the administration in Spain of U.S. programs.A shared aspect of efficacious preventive strategies is the emphasis on earl...

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Twenty years after: replicating a study of Anglo- and Mexican-American cultural values

Cited by 22 publications

References 13 publications

Parenting practices and childhood anxiety reporting in Mexican, Mexican American, and European American families

Parenting practices and childhood anxiety reporting in Mexican, Mexican American, and European American families

The Effects of Mexican origin family structure on parental monitoring and pre‐adolescent substance use expectancies and substance use

A Cross-National Study of Preadolescent Substance Use: Exploring Differences Between Youth in Spain and Arizona

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