Lorenzo-Blanco Elma I, Schwartz Seth J, Unger Jennifer B, Zamboanga Byron L, Des Rosiers Sabrina E, Huang Shi, Villamar Juan A, Soto Daniel W, Pattarroyo Monica, Baezconde-Garbanati Lourdes
University of South Carolina.
University of Miami.
J Lat Psychol. 2015 Aug;3(3):129-142. doi: 10.1037/lat0000034. Epub 2015 Mar 16.
Latino/a youth are at risk for cigarette smoking. This risk seems to increase as youth navigate the U.S. cultural context, especially for girls. To investigate how acculturation may influence Latino/a youths' intentions to use cigarettes, this study combines a bidimensional/multidomain model of acculturation and the Theory of Reasoned Action. Our sample consisted of 303 recent Latino/a immigrant youth who had resided in the United States for five years or less at baseline (141 girls, 160 boys; 153 from Miami, 150 from Los Angeles) who completed surveys at 3 time-points. Youth completed measures of acculturation (Latino/a practices, Latino/a identity, collectivistic values; U.S. cultural practices, U.S. identity, individualistic values), smoking related health risk attitudes, perceived subjective norms regarding smoking, and intentions to use cigarettes. Structural equation modeling indicated that collectivistic values were associated with more perceived disapproval of smoking, which in turn was negatively associated with intentions to smoke. Collectivistic values may help protect Latino/a immigrant youth from intending to smoke. Thus, educational smoking prevention efforts could promote collectivistic values and disseminate messages about the negative consequences of smoking on interpersonal relationships.
拉丁裔青少年面临吸烟风险。随着青少年融入美国文化环境，这种风险似乎会增加，尤其是对女孩而言。为了研究文化适应如何影响拉丁裔青少年吸烟的意愿，本研究将文化适应的二维/多领域模型与理性行动理论相结合。我们的样本包括303名近期的拉丁裔移民青少年，他们在基线时在美国居住了五年或更少时间（141名女孩，160名男孩；153名来自迈阿密，150名来自洛杉矶），并在三个时间点完成了调查。青少年完成了文化适应（拉丁裔习俗、拉丁裔身份认同、集体主义价值观；美国文化习俗、美国身份认同、个人主义价值观）、吸烟相关健康风险态度、对吸烟的感知主观规范以及吸烟意愿的测量。结构方程模型表明，集体主义价值观与更多对吸烟的感知不赞成相关，而这反过来又与吸烟意愿呈负相关。集体主义价值观可能有助于保护拉丁裔移民青少年不打算吸烟。因此，预防吸烟的教育努力可以促进集体主义价值观，并传播关于吸烟对人际关系负面影响的信息。
