Latina Mother–Daughter Dyads: Relations Between Attachment and Sexual Behavior Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs

Rosa, Mario De La; Dillon, Frank R.; Rojas, Patria; Schwartz, Seth J.; Duan, Rui

doi:10.1007/s10508-009-9498-2

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“…For instance, Marianismo , prescribes that the appropriate behavior of Latino women are expected to be submissive, selfless, dependent, and accept the primary responsibility of taking care of the children, spouse and household [48, 49]. Although marianismo is often questioned by some younger Latinas born in the U.S., it generally remains an important component of Latino cultural expectations [50]…”

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Differences in Acculturation and Trajectories of Anxiety and Alcohol Consumption Among Latina Mothers and Daughters in South Florida

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J Immigrant Minority Health

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This study documents generational differences in the impact of acculturation related factors on anxiety and alcohol use behaviors between adult Latino mothers and adult daughters. Findings indicate that for mothers (n=144) and daughters (n=149), self-reported anxiety levels decreased from baseline to follow up (p=.001). For mothers at follow up (n=147), results indicate that affiliation to Latino culture is negatively associated with anxiety (p= .018). Conversely, employment and partner relationship stress are positively associated with anxiety (p = .05 and p = .016 respectively). In addition, self-reported anxiety is positively associated with alcohol intake (p = .002) and employment (p = .007). For daughters(n=149), partner relationship stressors, anxiety and alcohol intake decreased significantly from baseline to follow up at a p = .01, p = .01 , p = .05 respectively. In addition, for daughters at baseline (n=160), affiliation to U.S. culture is positively associated with self-reported anxiety (p = .01). Employment is negatively associated with alcohol consumption (p = .027). At follow up (n=152), daughters’ partner relationship stress is positively associated with self- reported anxiety (p = .049). Findings in this study can be used to develop culturally appropriate interventions, support groups and individual therapy sessions by taking into consideration generational differences among Latino women.

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Differences in Acculturation and Trajectories of Anxiety and Alcohol Consumption Among Latina Mothers and Daughters in South Florida

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“…Exclusion criteria included enrollment in a drug treatment program during the 12 months prior to the interview. A detailed description of the sample selection criteria and sampling methods is provided elsewhere (20, 21). …”

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“…Latina mother-daughter dyadic attachment often forges strong lifelong ties in which both dyad-members rely profoundly on one another for emotional, financial, and other support over the lifespan (19). De La Rosa, Dillon, Rojas, Schwartz, and Duan (20) demonstrated that closer attachment to the mother was associated with a daughter's lower engagement in sexual activity while under the influence of drugs, suggesting that daughter's attachment to her mother is protective against this sexual risk behavior.…”

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Latino Mother/Daughter Dyadic Attachment as a Mediator for Substance Use Disorder and Emotional Abuse

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J Immigrant Minority Health

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Background To date, no studies have investigated emotional abuse of adult Latina women by their mothers despite evidence that emotional maternal abuse may significantly contribute to the emotional abuse experienced by Latina women in their lifetime. Methods Cross-sectional data including 316 women was analyzed using mediation and logistic regression. Results Overall, 7.1% of mothers and 24.1% of daughters abused drugs; and, 19.5% of daughters were emotionally abused by their mothers. Mother's attachment to her daughter mediated the association between mother's drug abuse and emotionally abusing her adult daughter (Indirect effect: 0.863). Discussion Latina women can serve as perpetrators of emotional abuse of their adult children. Since drug-abusing daughters are more likely to be victims of emotional abuse by their mothers and drug-abusing mothers are more likely to abuse their daughters, drug-rehabilitation practitioners should incorporate a family abuse component into rehabilitation programs.

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“…Thirdly, a notable aspect of the studies reviewed is the over-representation of mothers, the fathers' presence being scarce or even non-existent (e.g., Branstetter, Furman & Cottrell, 2009;Brook et al, 1998;De la Rosa, Dillon, Rojas, Schwartz & Duan, 2010;Foshee & Bauman, 1994;Scragg et al, 2009). This aspect may constitute a bias, since the attachment style, as pointed out by Ravitz, Maunder, Hunter, Sthankiya, & Lancee (2010), may vary within the same family from mother to father, and therefore relate in different ways to drug use.…”

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“…More recent work, such as that of De la Rosa et al (2010), indicates that attachment to non-user mothers reduces the risk of daughters' performing maladaptive behaviors (drug use and unsafe sex), whilst attachment to drug-user mothers significantly increases the likelihood that their daughters will have sex under the influence of alcohol. Other studies, however, such as that of Scragg et al (2008), confirmed that low parental attachment is associated with higher risk of smoking among adolescents, regardless of whether the parents smoke or not.…”

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Apego y consumo de sustancias en la adolescencia: Una revisión de aspectos conceptuales y metodológicos

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Attachment is currently considered one of the major risk and/ or protective factors for substance use in adolescence. This paper reviews the most important studies published in the last 30 years in this field, focusing on the conceptual and methodological issues that may be making it more difficult to draw conclusions about the impact of attachment -especially attachment to parents -on substance use among youths. In general, the results indicate that secure attachment or stronger attachment between parents and children acts as a protective factor against drug use, even though there is a great variability in relation to the concept of addiction and its assessment. Secondly, most of the research reviewed also covers other factors that may be conditioning the influence of attachment to parents on children's drug use and which would explain, at least in part, the disparity of the results from different studies. Notable among such factors would be individual characteristics (such as sex, age or self-esteem) and the influence of other sources of attachment, including peers and their circumstances (such as their drug use). Finally, we discuss the importance of taking into account the mentioned conceptual and methodological considerations aspects in research on attachment as a risk and/or protective factor for drug use in adolescence.Key words: attachment, drugs, adolescence, family, review.El apego se considera actualmente uno de los mayores factores de riesgo y/o protección para el consumo de sustancias en la adolescencia. El presente trabajo revisa los estudios más importantes que se han publicado en los últimos 30 años al respecto, centrándose en aquellas cuestiones conceptuales y metodológicas que pueden estar dificultando concluir qué impacto ejerce el apego, sobre todo el apego a los padres, en el consumo de sustancias de los jóvenes.Los resultados indican, en general, que el apego seguro o un mayor apego entre padres e hijos actúa como factor de protección frente al consumo de drogas, si bien existe una gran variabilidad en torno al concepto de apego y su evaluación. En segundo lugar, la mayor parte de los estudios revisados incluyen además otros factores que pueden estar condicionando la influencia del apego a los padres en el consumo de drogas de los hijos y que explicarían, al menos en parte, la disparidad de los resultados en los distintos estudios. Entre estos factores destacarían las características individuales (como el sexo, la edad o la autoestima de los individuos), y la influencia de otras fuentes de apego, como los iguales y sus circunstancias, como por ejemplo el consumo de drogas por parte de éstos. Finalmente, se discute la importancia de tener en cuenta dichas consideraciones conceptuales y metodológicas en la investigación del apego como factor de riesgo y/o protección frente al consumo de drogas en la adolescencia.Palabras clave: Apego, drogas, adolescencia, familia, revisión. Recibido: febrero 2013; Aceptado: diciembre 2013Enviar correspondencia a:

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Latina Mother–Daughter Dyads: Relations Between Attachment and Sexual Behavior Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs

Cited by 23 publications

References 48 publications

Differences in Acculturation and Trajectories of Anxiety and Alcohol Consumption Among Latina Mothers and Daughters in South Florida

Differences in Acculturation and Trajectories of Anxiety and Alcohol Consumption Among Latina Mothers and Daughters in South Florida

Latino Mother/Daughter Dyadic Attachment as a Mediator for Substance Use Disorder and Emotional Abuse

Apego y consumo de sustancias en la adolescencia: Una revisión de aspectos conceptuales y metodológicos

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