title: Alcohol use severity and depressive symptoms among late adolescent Hispanics: Testing associations of acculturation and enculturation in a bicultural transaction model.
abstract: Research has indicated that Hispanics have high rates of heavy drinking and depressive symptoms during late adolescence. The purpose of this study was to test a bicultural transaction model composed of two enthnocultural orientations (acculturation and enculturation); and stressful cultural transactions with both the U.S. culture (perceived ethnic discrimination) and Hispanic culture (perceived intragroup marginalization) to predict alcohol use severity and depressive symptoms among a sample of 129 (men=39, women=90) late adolescent Hispanics (ages 18-21) enrolled in college. Results from a path analysis indicated that the model accounted for 18.2% of the variance in alcohol use severity and 24.3% of the variance in depressive symptoms. None of the acculturation or enculturation domains had statistically significant direct effects with alcohol use severity or depressive symptoms. However, higher reports of ethnic discrimination were associated with higher reports of alcohol use severity and depressive symptoms. Similarly, higher reports of intragroup marginalization were associated with higher depressive symptoms. Further, both ethnic discrimination and intragroup marginalization functioned as mediators of multiple domains of acculturation and enculturation. These findings highlight the need to consider the indirect effects of enthnocultural orientations in relation to health-related outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. Electronic address: mcanojr@fiu.edu.
authors.forename: Miguel Ángel
authors.initials: MÁ
authors.lastname: Cano
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Marcel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Dios
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
authors.forename: Yessenia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.affiliation: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Ellen L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Vaughan
authors.affiliation: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
authors.forename: Linda G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.affiliation: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Elma I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Lorenzo-Blanco
authors.affiliation: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
authors.forename: Brandy
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Piña-Watson
authors.affiliation: University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, USA.
authors.forename: Jodi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berger Cardoso
authors.affiliation: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
authors.forename: Lizette
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ojeda
authors.affiliation: Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA.
authors.forename: Rick A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.affiliation: University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, USA.
authors.forename: Virmarie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Correa-Fernandez
authors.affiliation: Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
authors.forename: Gladys
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ibañez
authors.affiliation: Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
authors.forename: Rehab
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Auf
authors.affiliation: University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA.
authors.forename: Lourdes M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Molleda
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063505:Racism / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D062487:Social Marginalization / Q000523:psychology; D000066608:Underage Drinking / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Acculturation; Alcohol; Cultural stress; Depressive symptoms; Hispanics; Late adolescence