Walls Melissa L, Whitbeck Les B
Department of Behavioral Sciences University of Minnesota Medical School - Duluth.
J Early Adolesc. 2011 Jun;31(3):415-442. doi: 10.1177/0272431610366245.
This paper examines a biosocial model of the impact of puberty on Indigenous girls' early-onset substance use by considering the potential mediating role of peer context (i.e. mixed-sex peer groups and substance use prototypes) on the puberty and substance use relationship. Data include responses from 360 girls of a common Indigenous cultural group residing on reservations/reserves in the upper Midwest and Canada. Results of structural equation modeling revealed that the statistically significant relationship between girls' pubertal development and early-onset substance use was mediated by both mixed-sex/romantic peer groups and favorable social definitions of substance use. Implications for substance use prevention work include addressing the multiple and overlapping effects of peer influence from culturally-relevant perspectives.
本文通过考虑同伴环境(即混合性别的同伴群体和物质使用原型)在青春期与物质使用关系中可能的中介作用,研究了青春期对原住民女孩早发性物质使用影响的生物社会模型。数据包括来自居住在中西部上游地区和加拿大保留地的一个常见原住民文化群体的360名女孩的回答。结构方程模型的结果显示,女孩青春期发育与早发性物质使用之间的统计学显著关系是由混合性/浪漫同伴群体和对物质使用的有利社会定义共同介导的。对物质使用预防工作的启示包括从文化相关的角度应对同伴影响的多重和重叠效应。