Department of Sociology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2013 Oct;15(5):866-81. doi: 10.1007/s10903-012-9670-y.
Using data from the National Longitudinal Studies of Adolescent Health, the present study examines self-reported substance use (cigarettes, tobacco, and marijuana) among youth from different immigration generations to determine the immigrant paradox in substance use for different racial and ethnic groups as well as factors contributing to the relationship between immigration and substance use. Results of data analysis indicate the immigrant paradox in substance use among non-Hispanic Whites, Asians, and Hispanics, but not among non-Hispanic Blacks. The study also shows that factors explaining the immigrant paradox in substance use vary with racial and ethnic groups, but English use at home, friends' cigarette and marijuana use appear to be the most important mediating factors. Findings from the study suggest that effective interventions in youth substance use require an understanding of adaptation patterns in different racial and ethnic groups, so that factors associated with adaptation problems experienced by particular groups will be appropriately addressed.
利用来自国家青少年健康纵向研究的数据，本研究考察了不同移民代际的青少年自报的物质使用（香烟、烟草和大麻），以确定不同种族和族裔群体的物质使用中的移民悖论，以及导致移民和物质使用之间关系的因素。数据分析的结果表明，非西班牙裔白种人、亚洲人和西班牙裔人群中存在物质使用的移民悖论，但非西班牙裔黑人中不存在这种悖论。该研究还表明，解释物质使用中的移民悖论的因素因种族和族裔群体而异，但在家中使用英语、朋友的香烟和大麻使用似乎是最重要的中介因素。研究结果表明，有效的青少年物质使用干预措施需要了解不同种族和族裔群体的适应模式，以便适当解决与特定群体所经历的适应问题相关的因素。
