Family Stress Processes and Drug and Alcohol Use by Mexican American Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Martin, Monica J.; Conger, Rand D.; Robins, Richard W.
Titel	Family Stress Processes and Drug and Alcohol Use by Mexican American Adolescents
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 55 (2019) 1, S.170-183 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000629
Schlagwörter	Mexican Americans; Family Characteristics; Family Environment; Preadolescents; Mothers; Fathers; Stress Variables; Socioeconomic Status; Substance Abuse; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Marital Instability; Parenting Styles; At Risk Persons; Correlation; Resilience (Psychology); Cultural Influences; Interaction; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hispanoamerikaner; Familienmilieu; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Mother; Mutter; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Sekundarschüler; Familienkonflikt; Risikogruppe; Korrelation; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Interaktion
Abstract	The present study examines the influence of economic and family stress processes on change in drug and alcohol use in a cohort of 478 Mexican American youth (50.8% female) followed longitudinally beginning in Grade 5 when the youth averaged 10.4 years of age. Adolescents, their mothers (median age 36 at Grade 5), and their fathers (median age 39 at Grade 5) were assessed on economic hardship (Grades 5 through 7), family stress processes (Grades 5 through 9), and adolescent substance use (Grades 7 through 9). Hypotheses were derived from a culturally informed family stress model (FSM), which proposes that economic hardship initiates a sequential cascade of problems involving parents' emotional distress, interparental conflict, disruptions in parenting and increased risk for adolescent substance use. Structural equation modeling was used to test these hypothesized linkages and the findings were consistent with predictions derived from the FSM. The results also demonstrated that parents' familism moderated the association between parent distress and interparental conflict, acting as a source of resilience in this family stress process. Findings suggest that prevention and intervention efforts focused on reducing caregiver distress and interparental conflict and enhancing parenting practices, as well as policies that reduce the level of economic hardship experienced by families, may aid in the reduction of adolescent substance use. Additionally, interventions focused on facilitating the cultural value of familism may promote more positive interactions between Mexican American parents which, in turn, may promote more effective parenting practices that help to reduce the risk for adolescent substance use. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01