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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cuadrado, Mary
• Lieberman, Louis

Titel

Traditional Family Values and Substance Abuse : The Hispanic Contribution to an Alternative Prevention and Treatment Approach

Ist Teil von

• The Plenum Series in Culture and Health

Ort / Verlag

Boston, MA : Springer US

Erscheinungsjahr

2002

Link zum Volltext

• Volltext

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 1. The Puerto Ricans -- The Hispanic Population of the United States -- The Puerto Ricans in New York -- Aims and Scope of Study -- Data and Methodology -- Description of the Sample -- 2. Coming to the Mainland and the Acculturation Process -- From the Island to the Mainland -- The Acculturation Process -- Acculturation as a Factor in Substance Use -- The Measurement of Acculturation -- 3. Traditional Family Values -- Tradition and Traditionalism -- Puerto Rican Family Values -- The Measurement of Traditionalism -- Spiritual Influences -- 4. Substance Use Outcomes -- Alcohol as Beverage and Problem -- Explanations and Theories of Hispanic Alcohol Abuse -- Explanations and Theories of Hispanic Drug Abuse -- Alcohol and Drug Use Outcome Indicators -- Background Variables and Substance Use Outcomes -- 5. Drinking Attitudes and Beliefs -- Family Role Models -- Drinking Expectancies -- Rationales -- Alcoholism and Drunks -- The Search for Help -- 6. Impact of Acculturation and Traditiona
• 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