Abstract
We examines the influence of family processes and acculturation for gender differences in alcohol and drug use among a sample representative of the Hispanic population in Miami-Dade County, Florida (N = 734). We found that (a) increases in age at marriage and acculturation were associated with greater substance use, (b) the associations between age at marriage, acculturation, and substance use were found to be greater for Hispanic women than men, and (c) with each additional child born, Hispanic women are increasingly less likely to use substances than Hispanic men. Data reveal that family processes and acculturation jointly impact substance use.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 354-364 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of Addictive Diseases |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 1 2013 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by grants R01DA13292 and R01DA16429 from The National Institute on Drug Abuse and grant T32AG00270 from the National Institute on Aging. Address correspondence to Sunshine M. Rote, PhD, Sealy Center on Aging, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555. E-mail: [email protected]
Funding
This work was supported by grants R01DA13292 and R01DA16429 from The National Institute on Drug Abuse and grant T32AG00270 from the National Institute on Aging. Address correspondence to Sunshine M. Rote, PhD, Sealy Center on Aging, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555. E-mail: [email protected]
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| National Institute on Drug Abuse | T32AG00270, R01DA016429 |
| National Institute on Aging |
Keywords
- Substance use
- acculturation
- ethnicity
- family processes
- gender
- race
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health
