The impact of cultural identity, parental communication, and peer influence on substance use among Indigenous youth in Canada

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ID2395558
AutoresAshley Reynolds (0000-0002-9896-9295, Concordia University, autor correspondente), Matthew T Keough (0000-0001-8567-2874, York University), Adrienne Blacklock (McGill University), Curtis Tootoosis (Centrale des Syndicats du Québec), Joseph Whelan (Centrale des Syndicats du Québec), Emiliana Bomfim (0000-0001-7717-1789, Concordia University), Emiliana De Omena Bomfim (0000-0001-7759-8459, McGill University), Christopher Mushquash (Lakehead University), Christopher J Mushquash (0000-0001-9583-4865, Lakehead University), Dennis C Wendt (0000-0001-9652-1182, McGill University), Roisin M O’connor (0000-0003-2455-983X, Concordia University), Jacob A Burack (0000-0002-7121-2727, McGill University)
Ano2024
Volume61
Fascículo3
Páginas351-360
Data de publicação2024-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTranscultural Psychiatric Research Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0041-1108 • E-ISSN: 0315-4386
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/13634615231191999
PMID37796930
OpenAlexW4387362790
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas36

Heavy drinking and smoking have been found to be among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality within Indigenous youth in North America. The focus of this study was to examine the relative roles of cultural identity, parent-child communication about the harms of substance use (SU), and perception about peers' opinions on heavy drinking and cigarette smoking among Indigenous youth. Strong Indigenous cultural identity, parent-child communication about SU, and affiliation with peers who do not use and/or who disapprove of substance use were all expected to reduce risk for heavy drinking and smoking. Substance use beliefs were hypothesized to mediate these effects. Youth ( N = 117; Mage = 14.07; grades 6-11) from two Indigenous communities in Quebec completed self-reports. Consistent with the hypotheses, strong cultural identity predicted increased negative beliefs about substance use, which predicted reduced drinking and smoking. Similarly, affiliating with peers who did not use alcohol predicted decreased positive beliefs about alcohol use, which predicted reduced drinking. Affiliating with peers who did not smoke cigarettes predicted reduced cigarette smoking. Parental influences were not supported in this model. Intervention strategies may benefit from targeting cultural identity, peer groups, and substance use beliefs among Indigenous youth

Cultural identity · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Identity (music · Indigenous · Intervention (counseling · Psychiatry · Substance use · Clinical Psychology · Community Health and Development · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Medicine · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Psychology · Social Psychology