Losoya Sandra H, Knight George P, Chassin Laurie, Little Michelle, Vargas-Chanes Delfino, Mauricio Anne, Piquero Alex
Sandra H. Losoya, Ph.D., is a research assistant professor of psychology at Arizona State University. George P. Knight, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University. Laurie Chassin, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at Arizona State University. Michelle Little, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow in the Prevention Research Center at Arizona State University. Anne Marie Mauricio, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and a National Institute of Mental Health postdoctoral fellow at the Prevention Resource Center at Arizona State University. Delfino Vargas-Chanes, Ph.D., is a faculty research associate at Arizona State University. Alex R. Piquero, Ph.D., is presidential scholar and professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and City University of New York Graduate Center.
J Drug Issues. 2008;38(1):171-198. doi: 10.1177/002204260803800108.
This study examines the longitudinal relations of multiple dimensions of acculturation and enculturation to heavy episodic drinking and marijuana use in a sample of 300 male, Mexican-American, serious juvenile offenders. We track trajectories between ages 15 and 20 and also consider the effects of participants' time spent residing in supervised settings during these years. Results showed some (although not entirely consistent) support for the hypothesis that bicultural adaptation is most functional in terms of lowered substance use involvement. The current findings demonstrate the importance of examining these relations longitudinally and among multiple dimensions of acculturation and enculturation, and they call into question simple models that suggest that greater acculturation is associated with greater substance use among Mexican-American adolescents.
本研究考察了在300名墨西哥裔美国男性严重青少年罪犯样本中，文化适应和文化传承的多个维度与大量饮酒和使用大麻之间的纵向关系。我们追踪了15岁至20岁之间的发展轨迹，并考虑了这些年参与者在受监管环境中度过的时间的影响。结果显示，对于双文化适应在降低物质使用方面最具功能性这一假设，有一些（尽管并非完全一致）支持。当前的研究结果证明了纵向考察这些关系以及在文化适应和文化传承的多个维度中进行考察的重要性，并且对一些简单模型提出了质疑，这些模型认为在墨西哥裔美国青少年中，更大程度的文化适应与更多的物质使用相关。
