Contextualizing linguistic acculturation and alcohol use among Hispanic college students in the social digital environment.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 ETHNIC STUDIES Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology Pub Date : 2024-10-07 DOI:10.1037/cdp0000712

Jessica K Perrotte, Daniela N Romero, Natalie A Ceballos, Krista J Howard, Reiko Graham

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Objectives: Linguistic acculturation is a predictor of alcohol use among Hispanic college students, but existing linguistic acculturation measures do not capture language use in the social digital context (e.g., social media). Guided by erosion theory and past empirical findings, this study operationalized two dimensions of social digital linguistic acculturation (SDLA) and examined the interactive effects of SDLA with immigration generation-a demographic proxy for acculturation-in relation to alcohol use intentions and behaviors.

Method: Online questionnaires were completed by 246 Hispanic college students in central Texas between the ages of 18 and 29 (M_age = 21.0, SD = 2.4; 82.1% female) who reported current alcohol use. Measures included two dimensions of SDLA (SDLA-English and SDLA-Spanish) with items developed for this study and supported by exploratory factor analysis, immigration generation as a demographic proxy for acculturation, and three alcohol outcomes (intentions to use alcohol, alcohol consumption, and binge drinking). We specified three regression models in which immigration generation moderated the pathways between SDLA-English and SDLA-Spanish and each alcohol outcome.

Results: Contrary to hypotheses, lower rather than higher SDLA-English was related to greater intentions to use alcohol, greater alcohol consumption, and more frequent binge drinking when immigration generation was higher rather than lower. More aligned with expectations, lower SDLA-Spanish was related to more frequent binge drinking when immigration generation was higher.

Conclusions: The link between SDLA and alcohol engagement is nuanced. This study's findings may be partially explained by acculturative stress in the context of social digital engagement, warranting further exploration. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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西班牙裔大学生在社交数字环境中的语言文化适应和饮酒情况。

目的：语言文化程度是西语裔大学生饮酒的一个预测因素，但现有的语言文化程度测量方法并不能反映社交数字环境（如社交媒体）中的语言使用情况。在侵蚀理论和以往实证研究结果的指导下，本研究对社交数字语言文化适应性（SDLA）的两个维度进行了操作化，并考察了SDLA与移民世代--文化适应性的人口学代表--在酒精使用意向和行为方面的交互影响：德克萨斯州中部 246 名年龄在 18 岁至 29 岁之间的西班牙裔大学生（年龄 = 21.0，SD = 2.4；82.1% 为女性）完成了在线问卷调查，他们均表示目前正在饮酒。测量指标包括SDLA的两个维度（SDLA-英语和SDLA-西班牙语），这些项目是为本研究开发的，并得到探索性因子分析的支持；移民世代作为文化适应的人口学替代指标；以及三种酒精结果（饮酒意向、酒精消费和酗酒）。我们建立了三个回归模型，其中移民世代调节了SDLA-英语和SDLA-西班牙语与每种酒精结果之间的关系：结果：与假设相反，当移民世代较高而不是较低时，较低而不是较高的SDLA-英语与较高的饮酒意愿、较高的饮酒量和更频繁的酗酒有关。更符合预期的是，当移民世代较高时，较低的西班牙语SDLA与更频繁的酗酒有关：SDLA与酗酒之间的联系是微妙的。结论：SDLA 与酗酒之间的联系存在细微差别，本研究的部分发现可能是在社交数字参与背景下的文化适应压力所致，值得进一步探讨。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, 版权所有）。

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期刊介绍： Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology seeks to publish theoretical, conceptual, research, and case study articles that promote the development of knowledge and understanding, application of psychological principles, and scholarly analysis of social–political forces affecting racial and ethnic minorities.