Traditional family values and substance abuse : the Hispanic contribution to an alternative prevention and treatment approach / edited by Mary Cuadrado and Louis Lieberman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cuadrado, Mary.

Lieberman, Louis.

Series:

Plenum series in culture and health

The Plenum series in culture and health

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Puerto Ricans--Drug use--United States.

Puerto Ricans.

Puerto Ricans--Alcohol use--United States.

Puerto Ricans--Alcohol use.

Alcoholism.

Public opinion.

Puerto Ricans--Drug use.

United States.

Puerto Ricans--Family relationships--United States.

Puerto Ricans--Family relationships.

Puerto Ricans--United States--Attitudes.

Alcoholism--United States--Public opinion.

Public opinion--United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 220 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, [2002]

Summary:

Based on findings from a sample of nearly 1,100 Puerto Ricans living in the New York area, this book posits that adhering to traditional cultural values (for example, the family) has the socially desirable consequence of discouraging such deviant behaviors as substance abuse. The authors conclude that promoting specific values will not prevent certain individual and social ills; rather, promoting a sense of tradition' itself is needed.

Contents:

1. The Puerto Ricans 15

The Hispanic Population of the United States 15

The Puerto Ricans in New York 19

An Emerging Alcohol and Substance Abuse Problem 21

Aims and Scope of Study 22

Data and Methodology 24

Description of the Sample 26

2. Coming to the Mainland and the Acculturation Process 31

From the Island to the Mainland 31

The Acculturation Process 35

Cultural Marginality 38

Acculturation among Puerto Ricans 42

Acculturation as a Factor in Substance Use 43

The Measurement of Acculturation 44

3. Traditional Family Values 57

Tradition and Traditionalism 57

Puerto Rican Family Values 61

The Measurement of Traditionalism 65

Index of Traditional Family Role Attitudes (A) 67

Family Decision Making and Marital Role Responsibilities 71

Index of Traditional Family Decision Making (D) 73

Index of Traditional Family Role Behavior (B) 75

Spiritual Influences 76

Religiosity 77

Fatalism 79

4. Substance Use Outcomes 83

Alcohol as Beverage and Problem 83

Explanations and Theories of Hispanic Alcohol Abuse 85

Education 87

Poverty 87

The Breakdown of Proscriptive Norms for Women 88

Tolerance of Male Drinking and Drunkenness 89

Self-Medication 90

Lack of Social Integration (Anomie) and Loss of Institutional Control 91

Acculturation Alone as Explanation 91

Explanations and Theories of Hispanic Drug Abuse 93

Alcohol and Drug Use Outcome Indicators 96

Index of Levels of Alcohol Use 96

Index of Extent of Drinking in Different Settings 99

Index of Number of Drinking Problems 104

Index of Drug Use 107

Correlations between Outcome Measures 109

Background Variables and Substance Use Outcomes 110

5. Drinking Attitudes and Beliefs 113

Family Role Models 115

Drinking Expectancies 118

Expectancies about Drinking by Others 120

Expected Benefits of Self Drinking 125

Rationales 127

Drinking Rationales 127

Rationales for Curtailment of Drinking 128

Situational Drinking Restraints 132

Alcoholism and Drunks 137

The Search for Help 141

6. Impact of Acculturation and Traditionalism 145

Acculturation, Traditionalism, and Outcomes 146

Alcohol Use: Abstention and Level 146

Drinking in Different Settings: Number of Places and Extent 147

Drinking Problems 151

Drug Use 158

A Summary of Acculturation and Traditionalism (A) Correlations with Outcomes 160

Religiosity and Fatalism 161

Comparison of Traditionalism Indices among Married Respondents 164

7. A Typology of Integration 167

Creating a Typology of Integration 167

Background Characteristics of Integration Types 173

The Simultaneous Effects of Acculturation and Traditionalism on Outcome Variables 176

8. Ethnotherapy Implications and Conclusions 181

Goals of Ethnotherapy with Hispanics 186

Techniques of Ethnotherapy 187.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207) and index.

ISBN:

0306466198

OCLC:

47737778