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Examining the impact of the Cultural Gap Narrative on Family Functioning and Youth Substance Use among the Health Study/Study of latino Youth (HCHS/SOL Youth) population

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The acculturation gap theory provides a complex illustration of how cultural orientations affect health behaviors among adolescents, by assuming that familial cultural orientation gaps lead to compromised family functioning and children adopting negative health behaviors. This analysis used three methods to conceptualize cultural gaps to examine the relationships between familial cultural orientation gaps and family functioning and substance use susceptibility among the Hispanic Community Children’s Health Study/Study of Hispanic/Latino Youth population. Results did not support the assumptions behind the acculturation gap theory. The methods used to conceptualize cultural gaps did not illustrate consistent underlying trends when measuring the relationship between cultural gaps and substance use susceptibility. There was no evidence of mediation on substance use susceptibility by perceived family functioning for either cultural domains using each method. This analysis underscores the need to refine the framework behind the acculturation gap theory and how cultural gaps are measured among Hispanic/Latino youth.

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Acknowledgements

SOL Youth was supported by Grant Number R01HL102130 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The children in SOL Youth are drawn from the study of adults: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos, which was supported by contracts from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to the University of North Carolina (N01-HC65233), University of Miami (N01-HC65234), Albert Einstein College of Medicine (N01-HC65235), Northwestern University (N01-HC65236), and San Diego State University (N01-HC65237). DMC was supported by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute T32HL130025 grant. The authors thank the staff and participants of HCHS/SOL for their important contributions. Investigators website - http://www.cscc.unc.edu/hchs/.

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  1. Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd, 30322, Atlanta, GA, United States

    Cera Cantu, Danielle M Crookes & Shakira F Suglia

  2. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, New York, NY, United States

    Carmen R Isasi

  3. Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States

    Martha L Daviglus

  4. University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Minority Health Research, Chicago, United States

    Olga L Garcia-Bedoya

  5. Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States

    Linda C Gallo

  6. Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Krista M Perreira

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Cantu, C., Crookes, D.M., Isasi, C.R. et al. Examining the impact of the Cultural Gap Narrative on Family Functioning and Youth Substance Use among the Health Study/Study of latino Youth (HCHS/SOL Youth) population. J Immigrant Minority Health 24, 1526–1533 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-022-01350-8

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