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Drug Use among Puerto Ricans: Ethnic Identity as a Protective Factor

Martin Whiteman

Elinor B. Balka

Pe Thet Win

Michal D. Gursen

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

This study assesses the relationship of multiple drug risks, Puerto Rican identity, and drug use. In addition, the risk/protective and protective/protective paradigms for examining interactive effects of ethnic identity and drug risks on drug use were assessed. Structured interviews were conducted with 555 Puerto Rican males andfemales whose mean age was 19. Each risk and two ethnic variables were related to drug use. Regressions showed that cultural knowledge, being culturally active, group attachment, and identification with Puerto Ricans offset the impact of risks on drug use. Ethnic variables also enhanced the protective effect of other protective factors. These results substantiate expanding risk-buffering models to include ethnic identity and the protective role of ethnic identity for Puerto Rican youth.

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 20, No. 2, 241-254 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/07399863980202007


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