Social inhibitors of illicit drug use and problem drinking among Puerto Rican women.
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Title
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Social inhibitors of illicit drug use and problem drinking among Puerto Rican women.
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Identifier
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AAI9720082
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identifier
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9720082
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Creator
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Cuadrado, Mary.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Charles Winick
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Date
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1997
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies | Sociology, Public and Social Welfare | Women's Studies
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Abstract
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This dissertation is an analysis of data gathered from a sample of Puerto Ricans living in the New York City area by the Fordham University Hispanic Research Center. It examines the impact of acculturation and loss of traditionalism, analyzed as distinct concepts, on alcohol use, drinking in non-normative settings, number of drinking problems, alcohol related antisocial behavior, and drug use among 638 Puerto Rican women.;Higher levels of acculturation, as well as lower levels of traditionalism were significantly related to alcohol and drug use. Also, acculturation was significantly related to alcohol problems, while loss of traditionalism was related to drinking in non-normative settings. Combining acculturation/traditionalism into a typology did not provide a stronger indicator than the acculturation or traditionalism indices alone.;High levels of traditionalism were found to reduce the effects of acculturation on alcohol use and alcohol problems, and to nullify its effects on drug use. Age, education, importance of religion, and time in the United States only slightly influenced the relationship between acculturation and alcohol and drug use, but the relationship between acculturation and alcohol problems was not maintained.;Simultaneous effects of the demographic variables and acculturation (used as a mediating variable) on alcohol use, alcohol problems and drug use were examined for two groups of women: those with low/medium traditionalism and those with high traditionalism. Age (youth), importance of religion (low importance) and acculturation (higher) had direct effects on alcohol use for women with low/medium traditionalism, but only age (youth) had an effect for women with high traditionalism. Only the importance of religion (low importance) had an effect on drinking problems for women with low/medium traditionalism; however none of the variables had an effect for women with high traditionalism. Acculturation (higher) and age (youth) had an effect on the drug use of women with low/medium traditionalism. None of the demographic variables or acculturation had an effect on drug use for women with high traditionalism.;Findings may be useful to help develop alcohol and/or drug treatment programs specific to Puerto Rican women.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
