Addictive Behaviors
Volume 34, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1023-1028

Relative contributions of acculturation and psychopathological factors to cannabis use among adolescents from migrant parents (Article)

Chédebois L. , Régner I. , van Leeuwen N. , Chauchard E. , Séjourné N. , Rodgers R. , Chabrol H.*
  • a Université de Toulouse II-Le Mirail, Octogone-CERPP, 5 allées Antonio Machado, 31058 Toulouse, France
  • b Université Aix-Marseille 1, CNRS, Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive (LPC), 3, place Victor Hugo, 13331 Marseille, France
  • c Université de Toulouse II-Le Mirail, Octogone-CERPP, 5 allées Antonio Machado, 31058 Toulouse, France
  • d Université de Toulouse II-Le Mirail, Octogone-CERPP, 5 allées Antonio Machado, 31058 Toulouse, France
  • e Université de Toulouse II-Le Mirail, Octogone-CERPP, 5 allées Antonio Machado, 31058 Toulouse, France
  • f Université de Toulouse II-Le Mirail, Octogone-CERPP, 5 allées Antonio Machado, 31058 Toulouse, France
  • g Université de Toulouse II-Le Mirail, Octogone-CERPP, 5 allées Antonio Machado, 31058 Toulouse, France

Abstract

Immigrant adolescents and adolescents born of immigrant parents are at increased risk of substance use which has been linked to difficulties in acculturation processes. However very few studies have examined the role of the different acculturation strategies and none of them have controlled for relevant psychopathological and socio-familial factors. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of acculturation in cannabis use in a sample of adolescents born of immigrant parents taking into account potential confounding variables. A sample of 292 high school students born in France from at least one foreign parent completed a questionnaire assessing cannabis use, acculturation orientations, ethnic identity and the most relevant potential confounders (depressive symptoms, sensation seeking, borderline and psychopathic traits, alcohol and tobacco use, parental attachment, life events, socioeconomic status and academic achievement). A regression analysis showed that acculturation orientations and ethnic identity explained a significant part of the variance in the frequency of cannabis use. Individualism, integration and assimilation were negatively associated with the frequency of cannabis use suggesting they might serve as protective factors. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Cannabis Adolescence Acculturation

Index Keywords

immigrant depression alcohol consumption France human risk assessment life event controlled study Cigarette Smoking Psychopathology academic achievement social status Humans Adolescent psychopathy male Emigrants and Immigrants Acculturation female risk factor Risk Factors questionnaire cultural factor symptom Article major clinical study Social Environment ethnicity Marijuana Abuse high school student cannabis smoking child parent relation social behavior
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DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.06.011
ISSN: 03064603
Cited by: 16
Original Language: English