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Family Protection and Prevention of Alcohol Use Among Hispanic Youth at High Risk
Author(s) -
Sale Elizabeth,
Sambrano Soledad,
Springer J. Fred,
Peña Cynthia,
Pan Wei,
Kasim Rafa
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/s10464-005-8614-2
Subject(s) - health psychology , psychological intervention , substance abuse prevention , social connectedness , psychology , public health , prevention science , substance abuse , medicine , clinical psychology , environmental health , gerontology , psychiatry , social psychology , nursing
Research regarding prevention strategies for Hispanic youth stress the importance of family interventions because of the particular importance of family as a protective factor within the Hispanic community. Starting in 1995, the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention conducted the National Cross‐Site Evaluation of High Risk Youth Programs, a 5‐year drug and alcohol prevention study with a sample of approximately 10,500 youth, including nearly 3,000 Hispanic youth. Youth were surveyed regarding their alcohol use patterns and risk and protective factors, with several measures of family relationships, including family connectedness, family supervision, and parental attitudes toward their child's alcohol use. Analyses indicate that family factors are highly linked to alcohol use among Hispanics, particularly among Hispanic females. Longitudinal growth curve analyses indicate that improving the connections that young Hispanic females have to their parents can have positive long‐term effects on delaying or reducing their alcohol use.