Reports of the Relation between Cultural Identification, Family Socialization and Adolescent Alcohol Use among Native American Families

Authors

Jildyz Urbaeva, University at Albany, State University of New YorkFollow
Jaime Booth, University of PittsburghFollow
Kai Wei, University of PittsburghFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0789-2

Abstract

The enculturation or teaching of Native American traditions to Native American adolescents has been incorporated into substance-use prevention interventions in recent decades; yet, little is known about how enculturation may impact substance use through family socialization. The current study aimed to test the relationship between family identification with Native American culture and alcohol use among Native American families residing on or near a reservation, and determine if this relationship was mediated by family socialization practices. To achieve this aim, data (n = 2,368) collected as part of the NIDA-funded Drug Use among Young American Indians was used. No direct relationship was found between identification with Native American culture and alcohol use. Native American culture had an indirect effect on substance use through family communication and parental monitoring, such that a higher identification with Native American culture was associated with more communication and less monitoring, which were associated with drinking behavior. Findings reveal that identification with Native American culture may be related to family socialization, a relationship that could be important to address when designing alcohol-use prevention interventions for this population.

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Publisher Acknowledgment:

This is the Author's Accepted Manuscript of the following article made available by Springer: Urbaeva, Z., Booth, J. M., & Wei, K. (2017). The Relationship between Cultural Identification, Family Socialization and Adolescent Alcohol Use among Native American Families. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26(10), 2681-2693. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0789-2

Recommended Citation

Urbaeva, Jildyz; Booth, Jaime; and Wei, Kai, "Reports of the Relation between Cultural Identification, Family Socialization and Adolescent Alcohol Use among Native American Families" (2017). Social Welfare Faculty Scholarship. 8.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/ssw_sw_scholar/8