Shin YoungJu, Lee Jeong-Kyu, Lu Yu, Hecht Michael L
Department of Communication Studies, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, 425 University Blvd., Cavanaugh Hall 309, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
Centre for Health Initiatives, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
Prev Sci. 2016 Feb;17(2):188-98. doi: 10.1007/s11121-015-0596-1.
Mexican-heritage youth are members of the fastest growing minority group and are at particular risk for substance use including alcohol consumption. Youth face numerous risk factors including positive descriptions of substance use on media and peer offers that are potentially ameliorated by parental anti-substance use socialization efforts. Guided by primary socialization theory and the theory of planned behavior, the present study posited eight research questions to identify discrete subgroups/patterns of Mexican-heritage youth alcohol use behavior and parental influence on youth outcomes. Longitudinal survey data (n = 1147) from youth in 29 public schools located in Phoenix, Arizona, were collected over 3 years. Latent class and transition analyses identified four discrete subgroups characterized by response patterns of alcohol use behaviors and perceptions in Mexican-heritage youth: (1) non-drinker, (2) potential drinker, (3) experimenter, and (4) regular drinker. Targeted parent-child communication about alcohol and parental monitoring were found to be significant predictors for youth alcohol use. Research implications and future directions are suggested.
墨西哥裔青少年是增长最快的少数族裔群体成员，尤其面临包括饮酒在内的物质使用风险。青少年面临众多风险因素，包括媒体对物质使用的正面描述以及同伴的提议，而父母的反物质使用社会化努力可能会缓解这些因素。在初级社会化理论和计划行为理论的指导下，本研究提出了八个研究问题，以确定墨西哥裔青少年饮酒行为的离散亚组/模式以及父母对青少年结果的影响。收集了位于亚利桑那州凤凰城29所公立学校青少年的三年纵向调查数据（n = 1147）。潜在类别和转变分析确定了四个离散亚组，其特征是墨西哥裔青少年饮酒行为和认知的反应模式：（1）不饮酒者，（2）潜在饮酒者，（3）尝试饮酒者，以及（4）经常饮酒者。发现有针对性的亲子关于酒精的沟通和父母的监督是青少年饮酒的重要预测因素。文中提出了研究意义和未来方向。
