| Title |
Domains of Acculturation and Their Effects on Substance Use and Sexual Behavior in Recent Hispanic Immigrant Adolescents
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Prevention Science, July 2013
|
| DOI | 10.1007/s11121-013-0419-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Seth J. Schwartz, Jennifer B. Unger, Sabrina E. Des Rosiers, Elma I. Lorenzo-Blanco, Byron L. Zamboanga, Shi Huang, Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, Juan A. Villamar, Daniel W. Soto, Monica Pattarroyo, José Szapocznik |
| Abstract |
This study evaluated the immigrant paradox by ascertaining the effects of multiple components of acculturation on substance use and sexual behavior among recently immigrated Hispanic adolescents primarily from Mexico (35 %) and Cuba (31 %). A sample of 302 adolescents (53 % boys; mean age 14.51 years) from Miami (n = 152) and Los Angeles (n = 150) provided data on Hispanic and US cultural practices, values, and identifications at baseline and provided reports of cigarette use, alcohol use, sexual activity, and unprotected sex approximately 1 year later. Results indicated strong gender differences, with the majority of significant findings emerging for boys. Supporting the immigrant paradox (i.e., that becoming oriented toward US culture is predictive of increased health risks), individualist values predicted greater numbers of oral sex partners and unprotected sex occasions for boys. However, contrary to the immigrant paradox, for boys, both US practices and US identification predicted less heavy drinking, fewer oral and vaginal/anal sex partners, and less unprotected vaginal/anal sex. Ethnic identity (identification with one's heritage culture) predicted greater numbers of sexual partners but negatively predicted unprotected sex. Results indicate a need for multidimensional, multi-domain models of acculturation and suggest that more work is needed to determine the most effective ways to culturally inform prevention programs. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 2 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Panama | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 130 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 129 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 11% |
| Researcher | 12 | 9% |
| Professor | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 23 | 18% |
| Unknown | 30 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 42 | 32% |
| Social Sciences | 25 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 2% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 9 | 7% |
| Unknown | 32 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 August 2016.
All research outputs
#13,386,515
of 22,713,403 outputs
Outputs from Prevention Science
#636
of 1,024 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#102,428
of 194,389 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Prevention Science
#11
of 20 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,713,403 research outputs across all sources so far. This one is in the 39th percentile – i.e., 39% of other outputs scored the same or lower than it.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,024 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 11.2. This one is in the 35th percentile – i.e., 35% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 194,389 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one is in the 45th percentile – i.e., 45% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.
We're also able to compare this research output to 20 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 40th percentile – i.e., 40% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.