Marsiglia Flavio F, Nagoshi Julie L, Parsai Monica, Booth Jaime M, Castro Felipe Gonzaález
Arizona State University.
Arizona State University and University of Texas at Arlington.
J Community Psychol. 2014 Jul 1;42(5):530-543. doi: 10.1002/jcop.21635.
A sample of 206 Mexican-heritage 7th-grade adolescents attending predominantly Mexican-heritage schools in Arizona was assessed on their linguistic acculturation, perceived parental monitoring, and substance use. One of their parents also reported on their own parental level of acculturation. While greater parental acculturation predicted greater marijuana use, the acculturation gap (child's level of acculturation over and above that of the parent) was not predictive of substance use. There was a significant acculturation gap by parental monitoring interaction for marijuana use, where the negative correlation between parental monitoring and marijuana use was attenuated for parent-youth dyads that exhibited the largest acculturation gap. This suggests that a greater parent-youth cultural distance (the acculturation gap) attenuates that protective effect of parental monitoring on youth marijuana use. Results are discussed in terms of how the acculturation gap increases the risk for problem behaviors in Mexican American adolescents through its effect on family processes.
对206名就读于亚利桑那州以墨西哥裔为主的学校的七年级墨西哥裔青少年样本，就其语言文化适应、感知到的父母监督和物质使用情况进行了评估。他们的一位家长也报告了自己的文化适应程度。虽然父母更高的文化适应程度预示着更多的大麻使用，但文化适应差距（孩子超出父母的文化适应水平）并不能预测物质使用情况。在大麻使用方面，父母监督与文化适应差距之间存在显著的交互作用，即对于文化适应差距最大的亲子二元组，父母监督与大麻使用之间的负相关减弱。这表明更大的亲子文化距离（文化适应差距）会削弱父母监督对青少年大麻使用的保护作用。研究结果从文化适应差距如何通过对家庭过程的影响增加墨西哥裔美国青少年出现问题行为的风险这一角度进行了讨论。
