Who are Hispanic Youth? Considerations for Adolescent Addiction Clinical Research and Treatment

Salvador, Julie G.; DeVargas, Elisa; Ewing, Sarah W. Feldstein

doi:10.1080/07347324.2015.1050925

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“…Consistent with the broader Hispanic population within this particular geographic location (southwest U.S.) (Salvador, DeVargas, & Feldstein Ewing, in press), over half of this sample self-identified as Hispanic (63%), including youth who described themselves as Mexican National (4.1%), Mexican American (35.5%), Spanish (17.9%), Central American (0.6%), South American (0.4%), and Hispanic bi-/multi-racial (Hispanic youth who endorsed more than one national origin; e.g., Mexican and Central American; 4.5%). (See Table 1 for details).…”

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confidence: 72%

“…Importantly, in this study, we found measurement equivalence between Caucasian and Hispanic youth who were highly representative of this geographic region (Salvador et al, in press). As with the larger community of Hispanic individuals in the southwest U.S. (Salvador et al, in press), most Hispanic youth within this sample had at least 1 foreign-born grandparent, and spoke a mix of English (predominantly) and Spanish at home.…”

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confidence: 51%

“…(See Table 1 for details). As is true for Hispanic youth in this region (Salvador et al, in press), most youth in this sample were born in the U.S. (92%). Of foreign-born youth (n=27), the majority (66.7%) had lived in the U.S. for more than 10 years.…”

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confidence: 71%

“…As with the larger community of Hispanic individuals in the southwest U.S. (Salvador et al, in press), most Hispanic youth within this sample had at least 1 foreign-born grandparent, and spoke a mix of English (predominantly) and Spanish at home. Consequently, in terms of potential generalizability, these findings may be extended to U.S-born Hispanic youth in this geographic region.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Unlike many adult studies which contain large monolingual Spanish samples, the adolescent Hispanic community in the southwest U.S. is generally bilingual, and often primarily English speaking (Salvador et al, in press). In other words, only 6 youth in this study were Spanish-speaking only, so we could not compare results across Spanish-speaking Hispanic youth, English-speaking Hispanic youth, and Caucasian English speakers.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Measurement invariance of alcohol instruments with Hispanic youth

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Introduction Despite their widespread use across clinical and research settings, no study has yet investigated the fit of several standard alcohol measures for Hispanic youth, including those used to assess motivation to change, resistance self-efficacy, peer norms, and problem drinking. This study thus served to address this gap by evaluating measurement invariance with substance-using youth. Methods We enrolled a large sample of regular substance-using youth, who were involved with the justice system (N = 368; 72.9% male; 76.9% Hispanic; M age = 16.17 years). Similar to the broader Hispanic population of the southwest United States (U.S.), Hispanic youth in the sample were, on average, 3.5th generation (with at least 1 foreign-born grand-parent). Following standard administration and scoring procedures, all youth completed measures of motivation to change (e.g., readiness rulers, intentions to change), self-efficacy (e.g., drink refusal in social situations), peer norms (e.g., peer norms for substance use), and problem drinking (e.g., substance use quantity/frequency; Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; Rutgers Alcohol Problems Index; Timeline FollowBack). Measurement equivalence was evaluated via multiple group confirmatory factor analysis. Results Our results indicated that each measure evaluated herein worked equally well for Hispanic and Caucasian youth. We found measurement invariance at every level tested. Conclusions This study supports the validity and future use of these important and widely used alcohol use measures for high-risk substance-using Hispanic youth. Further, given the representativeness of this sample within the southwestern U.S., these results show promise for generalizability to U.S.-born Hispanic youth within this geographic region.

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Section: 1 Discussionmentioning

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Assessment of culture and environment in the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study: Rationale, description of measures, and early data

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Neurodevelopmental maturation takes place in a social environment in addition to a neurobiological one. Characterization of social environmental factors that influence this process is therefore an essential component in developing an accurate model of adolescent brain and neurocognitive development, as well as susceptibility to change with the use of marijuana and other drugs. The creation of the Culture and Environment (CE) measurement component of the ABCD protocol was guided by this understanding. Three areas were identified by the CE Work Group as central to this process: influences relating to CE Group membership, influences created by the proximal social environment, influences stemming from social interactions. Eleven measures assess these influences, and by time of publication, will have been administered to well over 7,000 9-10 year-old children and one of their parents. Our report presents baseline data on psychometric characteristics (mean, standard deviation, range, skewness, coefficient alpha) of all measures within the battery. Effectiveness of the battery in differentiating 9-10 year olds who were classified as at higher and lower risk for marijuana use in adolescence was also evaluated. Psychometric characteristics on all measures were good to excellent; higher vs. lower risk contrasts were significant in areas where risk differentiation would be anticipated.

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Who are Hispanic Youth? Considerations for Adolescent Addiction Clinical Research and Treatment

Cited by 8 publications

References 53 publications

Measurement invariance of alcohol instruments with Hispanic youth

Measurement invariance of alcohol instruments with Hispanic youth

Intersection between social inequality and emotion regulation on emerging adult cannabis use

Assessment of culture and environment in the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study: Rationale, description of measures, and early data

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