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Depression in the barrio: An analysis of the risk and protective nature of cultural values among Mexican American substance users
Depression in the barrio: An analysis of the risk and protective nature of cultural values among Mexican American substance users
- Source :
- Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. 18:150-164
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2017.
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Abstract
- Understanding the effect of cultural values on depression and how social networks influence these relationships may be important in the treatment of substance-using, Mexican American populations. Latino cultural values, familismo, personalismo, fatalismo, and machismo, may be associated with depression among Latinos. The current study identified the association of traditional Latino values on depressive symptomatology among a sample of Mexican American heroin injectors. A cross-sectional research design and field-intensive outreach methodology were utilized to recruit 227 Mexican American men. Participants were categorized into depressed and nondepressed groups. Relations among cultural values and depression were examined using logistic regression. Findings indicate that drug-using men with higher familismo and fatalismo scores are protected against depressive symptomatology. Relations between familismo and depression seem to be moderated by having a drug use network. In addition, findings reveal that age is inversely related to depressive symptomatology. Young Mexican American heroin users who do not ascribe to traditional Latino values may be highly associated with depression and therefore more vulnerable to riskier drug use behaviors. Moreover, drug-using social networks may affect the protective nature of certain cultural values. Further research is needed to identify whether culturally tailored treatments can cultivate these values while simultaneously undermining the effect of substance-using social networks in order to reduce depression symptoms among this group of high-risk substance users.
- Subjects :
- Male
Research design
Health (social science)
media_common.quotation_subject
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Mexican americans
Logistic regression
Social Networking
Depressive symptomatology
Heroin
Drug Users
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Mexican Americans
Cultural values
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Substance Abuse, Intravenous
Depression (differential diagnoses)
media_common
Cultural Characteristics
Depression
Heroin Dependence
Fatalism
Middle Aged
Protective Factors
030227 psychiatry
Cross-Sectional Studies
Psychology
Clinical psychology
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15332659 and 15332640
- Volume :
- 18
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5745f1bffef164c668d4761dfaea870c
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2017.1316222