ERIC Number: EJ1260613
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Aug
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0739-9863
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Self-Esteem, Acculturative Stress, and Marijuana Use among Hispanic College Students
Yockey, R. Andrew; Brown, Jennifer L.; Littlefield, Andrew K.; Talley, Amelia E.
Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, v42 n3 p416-425 Aug 2020
Previous research has found mixed results regarding the association between acculturation and substance use in Hispanic populations. Additional research is warranted to examine relations among facets of acculturation, particularly acculturative stress, and marijuana use. The purpose of this study was to examine whether self-esteem mediates the relation between acculturative stress and a lifetime history of marijuana use among a sample of Hispanic college students. Hispanic college students (N = 204; Mean age = 20.3 years) from a large southwestern university participated in an online study and reported on lifetime marijuana use, self-esteem, and acculturative stress. We evaluated the hypothesis that self-esteem would mediate the relation between acculturative stress and the likelihood of reporting a history of marijuana use, utilizing Hayes' SPSS macro, which provides estimates of boot-strapped confidence intervals for the indirect effect. Results showed that self-esteem did not significantly mediate the relation between acculturative stress and likelihood of marijuana use [b = 0.157, 95% CI (-0.003, 0.017)]. Future studies might examine other facets of acculturation in relation to substance use, utilizing a longitudinal approach to better understand these associations.
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Acculturation, Marijuana, Stress Variables, Hispanic American Students, Substance Abuse, College Students, Ethnicity, Self Concept, Self Concept Measures
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale
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