TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethnic Identity and Substance Use Among Mexican-Heritage Preadolescents
T2 - Moderator Effects of Gender and Time in the United States
AU - Kulis, Stephen
AU - Marsiglia, Flavio
AU - Kopak, Albert M.
AU - Olmsted, Maureen E.
AU - Crossman, Ashley
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed that they received the following support for their research and/or authorship of this article: Data analysis and manuscript preparation were supported by a Center of Excellence grant from the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (P20MD002316-04, F. Marsiglia, P.I.) for the Research Core project (P20 MD002316-049001, S. Kulis, P.I.).
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - This study examined interactive relationships among ethnic identity, gender, time in the US, and changes in substance use outcomes among a school-based sample of 1,731 Mexican-heritage preadolescents (ages 9-13). Residual change multilevel models adjusting for school clustering and using multiply imputed data assessed changes from beginning to end of fifth grade in use of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana and inhalants, and four substance use antecedents. Effects of ethnic identity were conditional on time in the US, and in opposite directions by gender. Among males living longer in the US, stronger ethnic identity predicted desirable changes in all but one outcome (substance offers). Among females living longer in the US, stronger ethnic identity predicted undesirable changes in alcohol use, pro-drug norms, and peer substance use. Interpretations focus on differential exposure to substance use opportunities and the erosion of traditional gender role socialization among Mexican-heritage youth having lived longer in the US.
AB - This study examined interactive relationships among ethnic identity, gender, time in the US, and changes in substance use outcomes among a school-based sample of 1,731 Mexican-heritage preadolescents (ages 9-13). Residual change multilevel models adjusting for school clustering and using multiply imputed data assessed changes from beginning to end of fifth grade in use of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana and inhalants, and four substance use antecedents. Effects of ethnic identity were conditional on time in the US, and in opposite directions by gender. Among males living longer in the US, stronger ethnic identity predicted desirable changes in all but one outcome (substance offers). Among females living longer in the US, stronger ethnic identity predicted undesirable changes in alcohol use, pro-drug norms, and peer substance use. Interpretations focus on differential exposure to substance use opportunities and the erosion of traditional gender role socialization among Mexican-heritage youth having lived longer in the US.
KW - Mexican-heritage
KW - ethnic identity
KW - preadolescence
KW - substance use
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U2 - 10.1177/0272431610384484
DO - 10.1177/0272431610384484
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84858666907
SN - 0272-4316
VL - 32
SP - 165
EP - 199
JO - Journal of Early Adolescence
JF - Journal of Early Adolescence
IS - 2
ER -