Impact of acculturation, ethnic identity and peer influence on substance use, depression, and self-esteem in middle school students

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Title Impact of acculturation, ethnic identity and peer influence on substance use, depression, and self-esteem in middle school students
Publication Type dissertation
School or College College of Education
Department Educational Psychology
Author Lopez, Adriana
Date 2012-08
Description Given the changing racial/ethnic composition of the United States, the impact of culture on adolescent health risk behaviors is an emerging and important issue. The purpose of the present study was to examine acculturation and ethnic identity and its impact on substance use, depression, and self-esteem in a sample of middle school students. Further, this study examined peer influence as a potential mediating factor in the relationship between acculturation and drug and alcohol use. Results showed that acculturation and ethnic identity were unrelated to depression and self-esteem, and the integration acculturation strategy did not predict substance use. The Sobel Test revealed that peer influence did not mediate the relationship between acculturation and ethnic identity but it was significantly related to lifetime substance use. Moreover, the rate of lifetime substance use for this sample was double the national substance use rates for adolescents. These findings provide information for school counseling personnel in identifying risk and protective factors for substance use in early adolescents. Additionally, these findings provide support for including multicultural responsive services in substance use prevention programming in schools.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Acculturation; Adolescent substance use
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name Doctor of Philosophy
Language eng
Rights Management Copyright © Adriana Lopez 2012
Format application/pdf
Format Medium application/pdf
Format Extent 1,302,440 bytes
Identifier etd3/id/1831
Source Original in Marriott Library Special Collections, HV15.5 2012 .L66
ARK ark:/87278/s69k4s23
Setname ir_etd
ID 195519
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69k4s23
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