Health Psychology
Volume 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 269-281

Cigarette use among migrant and nonmigrant Mexican American youth: A socialization latent-variable model (Article)

Swaim R.C.* , Oetting E.R. , Casas J.M.
  • a Colorado State University, Tri-Ethnic Ctr. for Prev. Research, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Tri-Ethnic Ctr. for Prev. Research, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1879, United States
  • b Colorado State University, Tri-Ethnic Ctr. for Prev. Research, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University
  • c University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Abstract

A self-report survey of cigarette use among 10th- and 12th-grade Mexican American students found no differences in rates of use by migrant status. Male students reported higher levels of lifetime, experimental, and daily smoking than female students, and 12th-grade students reported higher levels of daily smoking than 10th-grade students. A socialization model of cigarette use based on peer cluster theory was evaluated using structural equation methods, examining the effects of family strength, family tobacco use, school adjustment, religious identification, and peer tobacco associations. The basic latent-structure socialization model was supported in all groups, but final models including specific effects identified both unique and common relationships by gender and migrant status. Common patterns across groups suggest that completely different prevention programs may not be necessary for these youth. However, program elements based on subtle group differences may serve to tailor prevention efforts and make them more effective.

Author Keywords

Migrants Mexican Americans Nonmigrants Cigarette use Adolescents

Index Keywords

Models, Psychological psychological model psychological aspect Sampling Studies human epidemiology sex difference statistics Logistic Models socialization family health ethnology United States Humans Hispanic smoking chi square distribution California male Chi-Square Distribution Adolescent female peer group Article migration Sex Factors statistical model Transients and Migrants Mexican Americans
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0030179933&doi=10.1037%2f0278-6133.15.4.269&partnerID=40&md5=9a60b2e02a8cd589688a785c50140eba
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.15.4.269
ISSN: 02786133
Cited by: 21
Original Language: English