Examining the Role of Cultural and Family Factors in Substance Use Risk Among Indian American Youth

CONCLUSIONS: Discrimination and bicultural identity integration emerged as key constructs related to substance use risk among Indian American youth. These youth could benefit from culturally appropriate prevention programming that addresses the negative impact of discrimination and its effect on permissive substance use beliefs and highlights protective factors.PMID:38403989 | DOI:10.1080/10826084.2024.2320371

Source: Substance Use and Misuse - February 26, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: R S John M Amodeo P Montero-Zamora S J Schwartz C P Salas-Wright Source Type: research