School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Prev Sci. 2009 Dec;10(4):366-75. doi: 10.1007/s11121-009-0138-9.
This study examined the relationship between ethnic pride, self-esteem and adolescent intentions to smoke cigarettes and engage in sexual intercourse. It also explored the influence of maternal levels of ethnic pride and self-esteem as indirect predictors of adolescent risk intentions. Middle school youth were randomly selected from six schools in the Bronx, NY. A total of 1,538 adolescents and their mothers were recruited. Mothers completed self-administered questionnaires about self-esteem and ethnic pride. Adolescents completed self-administered questionnaires about their intentions to engage in risk behaviors, as well as items about community connectedness, language spoken at home, self-esteem and ethnic pride. Results suggest that adolescent ethnic pride had protective effects on risk intentions through the mediator of self-esteem as well as independent of it. Maternal ethnic pride was associated with adolescent ethnic pride and, in turn, risk intentions, but the effect was weak in magnitude. Speaking Spanish at home was not significantly associated with ethnic pride. Both age and gender were related to ethnic pride, with ethnic pride diminishing as adolescents became older and females having higher levels of ethnic pride than males.
本研究考察了民族自豪感、自尊与青少年吸烟和性行为意向之间的关系。它还探讨了母亲的民族自豪感和自尊水平作为青少年风险意向的间接预测因子的影响。研究人员从纽约布朗克斯的六所学校中随机选择了中学生。共有 1538 名青少年及其母亲被招募。母亲们完成了关于自尊和民族自豪感的自我报告问卷。青少年们则完成了关于他们参与风险行为意向的自我报告问卷，以及关于社区联系、家庭语言、自尊和民族自豪感的项目。结果表明，青少年的民族自豪感通过自尊的中介作用对风险意向具有保护作用，而且这种作用独立于自尊。母亲的民族自豪感与青少年的民族自豪感有关，进而与风险意向有关，但影响程度较小。在家中说西班牙语与民族自豪感没有显著关系。年龄和性别都与民族自豪感有关，随着青少年年龄的增长，民族自豪感会减弱，而女性的民族自豪感高于男性。
