Alcohol consumption among first‐ and second‐generation immigrant and native adolescents in 23 countries: Testing the importance of origin and receiving country alcohol prevalence rates

Barsties, Lisa S.; Walsh, Sophie D.; Huijts, Tim; Bendtsen, Pernille; Molcho, Michal; Buijs, Thomas; Vieno, Alessio; Elgar, Frank J.; Stevens, Gonneke W. J. M.

doi:10.1111/dar.12624

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“…The fact that levels of alcohol use among Ethiopian adolescents were not significantly higher than among Israeli born adolescents may challenge former studies pointing to higher levels of drinking among adolescent immigrants ( Walsh et al, 2014 ). However, findings are in line with recent research showing that levels of drunkenness and heavy episodic drinking among adolescents may be related more strongly to levels of drinking in the country of origin ( Barsties et al, 2017 ). Levels of alcohol use among the Ethiopian Jewish community were very low ( Kebede et al, 2005 ; Grisaro and Witztum, 2012 ).…”

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Social Capital as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Perceived Discrimination and Alcohol and Cannabis Use Among Immigrant and Non-immigrant Adolescents in Israel

2018

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Literature highlights the relationship between perceived discrimination and frequency and severity of alcohol and cannabis use. One mechanism for explaining this is the nature of perceived discrimination as a potentially traumatic interpersonal stressor, which can lead to the depletion of social and personal resources. Within a Recovery Capital (RC) framework, the current study explores whether the existence of social capital in the form of parental monitoring, friend and teacher support can buffer the relationship between perceived discrimination and alcohol and cannabis use among immigrant and non-immigrant adolescents, by replenishing the depleted resources. The study included a representative sample of 8,598 students in Israel, aged 11–18, from the Health Behaviors of School Aged Children (HBSC) 2013–2014 data: 1503 immigrant adolescents from the Former Soviet Union [FSU] (N = 955) and Ethiopia (N = 548) and 7086 non-immigrants. Results confirmed that perceived discrimination was positively related to substance use; all three forms of social capital were negatively related to alcohol and cannabis use and moderated the relationship between perceived discrimination and substance use, with the exception of friend support in the case of alcohol use. When all three social capital measures were included together, the adult social capital measures were significant predictors of substance use. Results suggest that levels of social capital, especially as provided by parents and teachers, can help young people, both immigrant and majority group adolescents, to cope with perceived discrimination.

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Social Capital as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Perceived Discrimination and Alcohol and Cannabis Use Among Immigrant and Non-immigrant Adolescents in Israel

2018

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“…That immigrant youth tend to drink alcohol less frequently than their native counterparts was also found in a large study among 13‐ to 15‐year‐olds in 23 receiving countries coming from over 130 origin countries . The authors argue that this is due to the cultural norms and values on alcohol consumption in the country of origin, which tend to be—at least among first generation immigrants—more important determinants of immigrant adolescent alcohol consumption than those in the receiving country.…”

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“…Barsties et al . also argue that the high rates of drunkenness found among immigrant youth can be a sign of immigration‐related difficulties and stressors, which may also be part and parcel of a disadvantageous socio‐economic situation.…”

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Alcohol and other substance use in a cross‐cultural perspective

Kuntsche

Sznitman

Kuntsche

2017

Drug and Alcohol Review

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“…Transnationalism theory suggests that substance use norms among first-as well as second-generation immigrants might still be informed by those prevalent in their country of origin [43]. In support of this hypothesis, some studies found that less widespread alcohol use in the country of origin was associated with less alcohol consumption among immigrant adolescents [43,44]. Similarly, the lower prevalence of current smoking among adolescents of Portuguese descent in Luxembourg when compared to native Luxembourgish adolescents might be linked to the lower prevalence of smoking among adolescents in Portugal when compared to their counterparts in Luxembourg [24].…”

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School-Class Co-Ethnic and Immigrant Density and Current Smoking among Immigrant Adolescents

Kern

Heinz

Willems

2020

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Although the school-class is known to be an important setting for adolescent risk behavior, little is known about how the ethnic composition of a school-class impacts substance use among pupils with a migration background. Moreover, the few existing studies do not distinguish between co-ethnic density (i.e., the share of immigrants belonging to one’s own ethnic group) and immigrant density (the share of all immigrants). This is all the more surprising since a high co-ethnic density can be expected to protect against substance use by increasing levels of social support and decreasing acculturative stress, whereas a high immigrant density can be expected to do the opposite by facilitating inter-ethnic conflict and identity threat. This study analyses how co-ethnic density and immigrant density are correlated with smoking among pupils of Portuguese origin in Luxembourg. A multi-level analysis is used to analyze data from the Luxembourg Health Behavior in School-Aged Children study (N = 4268 pupils from 283 classes). High levels of co-ethnic density reduced current smoking. In contrast, high levels of immigrant density increased it. Thus, in research on the health of migrants, the distinction between co-ethnic density and immigrant density should be taken into account, as both may have opposite effects.

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Alcohol consumption among first‐ and second‐generation immigrant and native adolescents in 23 countries: Testing the importance of origin and receiving country alcohol prevalence rates

Cited by 22 publications

References 23 publications

Social Capital as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Perceived Discrimination and Alcohol and Cannabis Use Among Immigrant and Non-immigrant Adolescents in Israel

Social Capital as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Perceived Discrimination and Alcohol and Cannabis Use Among Immigrant and Non-immigrant Adolescents in Israel

Alcohol and other substance use in a cross‐cultural perspective

School-Class Co-Ethnic and Immigrant Density and Current Smoking among Immigrant Adolescents

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