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    Acculturation, Alcohol Expectancies, and Alcohol Use Among Mexican-American Adolescents

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    2011-02-22
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    Flato, Claudia Graciela
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    The current study was designed to examine the influence of cultural orientation on alcohol involvement among Mexican-American adolescents. Also, this study assessed whether cultural orientation predicted positive and negative alcohol expectancies for the effects of drinking one to two drinks or bingeing; and whether alcohol-use expectancies mediated the effects of acculturation on drinking practices. The participants were 300 Mexican-American high school students (M = 16.5, SD = 1.15; 178 female and 122 male) from a city along the Texas/Mexico border who were mostly self-identified as 2nd generation Mexican-Americans. The students completed the questionnaires regarding alcohol involvement, acculturation, and alcohol expectancies. Significant findings in the current study indicated a higher orientation to Mexican culture predicted higher levels of alcohol involvement for boys; whereas, a higher orientation to U.S. culture predicted higher alcohol involvement for girls. Also, identification with Mexican culture for girls predicted negative alcohol expectancies for low and high quantities of alcohol use.
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-12-7276
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    Acculturation
    Alcohol
    Expectancies
    Adolescents
    Mexican-American
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    Flato, Claudia Graciela (2009). Acculturation, Alcohol Expectancies, and Alcohol Use Among Mexican-American Adolescents. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /ETD -TAMU -2009 -12 -7276.

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