Archuleta Adrian J, Prost Stephanie Grace, Dajani Mona A
Kent School of Social Work and Family Science, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 Mar 19;15(3):388. doi: 10.3390/bs15030388.
Latinos/as are the largest ethnic group in the U.S. and are a continuous source of population growth. Therefore, their health and quality of life are important public health concerns. Acculturation is an important determinant of health for Latinos/as. However, few studies examine models identifying determinants of acculturation along with its relationship to other social and health behaviors. The current study uses social network data from a sample of crowdsourced recruited Latinos/as ( = 300) to examine a structural model between network acculturation, psychological acculturation, social capital, help-seeking, and quality of life (QoL). The model posits several paths through which social networks (i.e., network acculturation) relate to acculturation and other model variables. Directly, network acculturation was found to be significantly related to Latino/a enculturation (-0.83, = 0.002) and White American Acculturation (0.47, = 0.003). Latino/a enculturation was related to help-seeking (0.21, = 0.029) and social capital (0.36, < 0.001), while White American acculturation was only related to social capital (0.35, = 0.003). Social capital demonstrated a robust relationship with help-seeking (0.48, = 0.004) and QoL (0.96, = 0.003). The findings suggest that determinants of acculturation (i.e., network acculturation) are meaningful contributors to psychological acculturation and other variables relating to Latino/as' QoL.
拉丁裔是美国最大的族裔群体，并且是人口持续增长的一个来源。因此，他们的健康和生活质量是重要的公共卫生问题。文化适应是拉丁裔健康的一个重要决定因素。然而，很少有研究考察识别文化适应决定因素及其与其他社会和健康行为关系的模型。当前的研究使用来自通过众包招募的拉丁裔样本（(n = 300)）的社交网络数据，来检验网络文化适应、心理文化适应、社会资本、求助行为和生活质量（QoL）之间的一个结构模型。该模型提出了社交网络（即网络文化适应）与文化适应及其他模型变量相关的几条路径。直接地，发现网络文化适应与拉丁裔的本土文化传承显著相关（(-0.83)，(p = 0.002)）以及与美国白人文化适应相关（(0.47)，(p = 0.003)）。拉丁裔的本土文化传承与求助行为相关（(0.21)，(p = 0.029)）和社会资本相关（(0.36)，(p < 0.001)），而美国白人文化适应仅与社会资本相关（(0.35)，(p = 0.003)）。社会资本与求助行为（(0.48)，(p = 0.004)）和生活质量（(0.96)，(p = 0.003)）呈现出强相关关系。研究结果表明文化适应的决定因素（即网络文化适应）是心理文化适应以及与拉丁裔生活质量相关的其他变量的重要促成因素。
