Mother-Daughter Attachment and Drug Abuse among Latinas in the United States

Rosa, Mario De La; Dillon, Frank R.; Ganapati, N. Emel; Rojas, Patria; Pinto, Elsa; Prado, Guillermo

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“…In that study, we found that higher levels of mother-daughter attachment may serve as a protective factor that decreases substance use among daughters. Moreover, dyads in which mothers and daughters are both substance users showed lower attachment scores than dyads in which only the mother or daughter is a substance user or both mother and daughter are not substance users (De La Rosa et al, 2010).…”

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“…Our previous publication (De La Rosa et al, 2010) details our recruitment procedures at Wave 1 (316 individuals; 158 mother-daughter dyads); an overview of these procedures is presented here. Substance-using and nonusing Latinas were simultaneously recruited through announcements at community health fairs, health clinics, radio announcements on local Spanish-language stations, and advertisements on local television channels.…”

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“…Therefore, we used a total attachment scale score in our analyses (Cronbach's coefficients for the total scale score were .93 for the total sample, .93 for the daughter sample, and .92 for the mother sample at baseline). Additional information on the scale and its use in this sample can be found in previous publications (De La Rosa et al, 2010).…”

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“…Recently, we conducted an initial, cross-sectional community-based study that documented the association between mother-daughter attachment and substance use behaviors among 158 U.S.-and foreign-born adult Latina mother and daughter dyads (De La Rosa et al, 2010). In that study, we found that higher levels of mother-daughter attachment may serve as a protective factor that decreases substance use among daughters.…”

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“…Our present study focuses on how attachment affects alcohol use over time rather than the bidirectional relationship because we aim to address the knowledge gap identified in our previous study (De La Rosa et al, 2010), which used cross-sectional data to show the correlation between attachment and substance use among Latinas. We hypothesize that stronger attachment between mother and daughter is associated with less alcohol use for both mothers and daughters.…”

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Influence of Mother–Daughter Attachment on Substance Use: A Longitudinal Study of a Latina Community-Based Sample

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Rojas

et al. 2015

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: Advancing our initial, cross-sectional study, which showed that adult Latinas' mother-daughter attachment relates to their substance use, the current, longitudinal study tests whether mother and daughter attachment scores at baseline predict their substance use over time. Method: We analyzed data from a convenience sample of 133 Latina adult mothers (mean age = 52 years, SD = 10) and 133 Latina adult daughters (mean age = 27, SD = 9) at baseline and at 5-year and 6-year follow-ups after baseline (attrition rate = 16%). Multilevel longitudinal modeling was used to examine the effect of mother-daughter attachment at baseline on their substance use over time. Results: Each unit of increase in the attachment score at baseline is associated with a 0.28 drink decrease in monthly alcohol use (p < .05) and a lower likelihood of being a heavy alcohol or other drug user [exp(β) = 0.97, p < .01] compared with average attachment score at baseline (M = 91.52, SD = 18.00). Time and older age at baseline are associated with decreased substance use. Being born outside the United States is associated with decreased risk of heavy alcohol or other drug use. Being a mother is associated with increased substance use. Conclusions: The findings of this longitudinal study on adult Latinas indicate that mother-daughter attachment has long-lasting effects on substance use trajectories among adult Latinas. Future research should focus on (a) investigating social and cultural factors mediating this relationship and (b) greater substance use among Latina mothers compared with daughters. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 76, 307-316, 2015)

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Family Closeness and Domestic Abuse Among Caribbean and South American Women in South Florida

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This paper focuses on the importance of family member closeness as a protective factor against domestic abuse. We explore the link between long-lasting relations within the family and intrafamilial violence perpetrated against women in Latino households in South Florida. We use data from an Inter-generational Transmission of Drug Use between Latina Mothers and Daughters (ITDMD) study. The study includes data on family relations and domestic abuse. We estimate a series of multivariate regressions to obtain the probability of abuse against women, the types of abuse inflicted and the relationship with the abusers. Our results indicate that among abused women, the effects of long-lasting relations within the family differ depending on the type of relationship between the abuser and the victim and the degree of closeness the victim feels towards other family members. Given these findings, there is a need to further study family relations and abuse in Latino households. Domestic abuse is a forceful tactic intentionally employed by family members to cause physical and/or psychological harm to the victim (e.g. emotional, physical, and sexual abuse). Although domestic violence in the United States (U.S.) has been widely researched (Agoff et al. 2007;Anderson 2010;Cunradi et al. 2009;Handwerker 1998; Tjaden and Thoennes 1998), the bulk of the literature on this topic has largely concentrated on the risk factors for abuse; few studies have discussed the importance of family member closeness as a protective factor in domestic abuse. These studies provide frameworks that place familylevel contextual factors as measured by co-residence with parents, as the most influential of the ecological levels in determining children's exposure to violence (Cicchetti and Lynch 1993;Hanson et al. 2006). HHS Public AccessHowever, extant studies have not looked at the quality of the child-parental relationship and their relation with lifetime domestic abuse. Moreover, despite abundant research, few studies have documented the problem of domestic violence and the underlying factors influencing it in U.S. Latino populations, the fastest growing and largest minority group in the United States (Adames and Campbell 2005;Agoff et al. 2007;Bonomi et al. 2009;Fedovskiy et al. 2008;Glass et al. 2009;Ingram 2007;Moreno 2007). The few studies which have documented domestic violence among Latinos, show limited and mixed evidence on its prevalence levels or information on the risk factors influencing this problem (Brabeck and Guzman 2008;Brown 2009;Hazen and Soriano 2007;Klevens et al. 2007).Furthermore, since a large majority of the Latino population in the U.S. is of Mexican descent, many studies have focused on this immigrant group only. However, research on domestic violence has found that different Latino groups show variations in risk markers for wife assault and violence against women (Aldarondo et al. 2002). Wife abuse does not have the same disapproval among the different Latino groups (Kantor et al. 1994). Similarly, there is a paucit...

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Acculturative Stress and Diminishing Family Cohesion Among Recent Latino Immigrants

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2012

J Immigrant Minority Health

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This study investigates a theorized link between Latino immigrants’ experience of acculturative stress during their two initial years in the United States (US) and declines in family cohesion from pre- to post-immigration contexts. This retrospective cohort study included 405 adult participants. Baseline assessment occurred during participants’ first 12 months in the US. Follow-up assessment occurred during participants’ second year in the US. General linear mixed models were used to estimate change in family cohesion and sociocultural correlates of this change. Inverse associations were determined between acculturative stress during initial years in the US and declines in family cohesion from pre-immigration to post-immigration contexts. Participants with undocumented immigration status, those with lower education levels, and those without family in the US generally indicated lower family cohesion. Participants who experienced more acculturative stress and those without family in the US evidenced a greater decline in family cohesion. Results are promising in terms of implications for health services for recent Latino immigrants.

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Mother-Daughter Attachment and Drug Abuse among Latinas in the United States

Cited by 19 publications

References 69 publications

Influence of Mother–Daughter Attachment on Substance Use: A Longitudinal Study of a Latina Community-Based Sample

Influence of Mother–Daughter Attachment on Substance Use: A Longitudinal Study of a Latina Community-Based Sample

Family Closeness and Domestic Abuse Among Caribbean and South American Women in South Florida

Acculturative Stress and Diminishing Family Cohesion Among Recent Latino Immigrants

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