title: A mediated moderation model of cigarette use among Mexican American youth.
abstract: The current study tested a model examining both the direct and mediated effects of Ethnic Cultural Norms (ECN) on cigarette use in a sample of Mexican American youth (ages 11-14; N=921). Contextual risk factors (peer smoking and family smoking) were included as potential moderators of this mediational relationship. A product of coefficient (alpha beta) method to test the significance of the mediated effect [Evaluation Review 17 (1993) 144.] was adapted to assess the mediation of interaction effects. Results suggested that Tobacco Avoidance Self-Efficacy mediated the protective influence of ECN on cigarette use. However, as peer smoking increased, the influence of ECN on cigarette use diminished, though it remained a significant, protective influence on cigarette use. Results are discussed in terms of the potential synergy between ECN and social influence training in tobacco preventive intervention development among youth of Latin descent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Box 871104, Gonzalezempe, AZ 85287-1104, USA. antonio.morgan-lopez@asu.edu
authors.forename: Antonio A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Morgan-Lopez
authors.forename: Felipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gonzalez Castro
authors.forename: Laurie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chassin
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: MacKinnon
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005192:Family Health / Q000208:ethnology; D005195:Family Relations / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010379:Peer Group; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology