This study’s purpose was to determine whether specific youth assets (conceptualized as influencing health behavior at the individual, family, or community level) were prospectively associated with reduced alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use (ATD) in a sample of Hispanic youth. A longitudinal community-based study was conducted with five waves of data collected annually over 4 years. Participants were Hispanic youth (14.1 years old; 53% female) and their parents (N = 306 youth/parent pairs). Generalized linear mixed models were used to determine the prospective influence of 17 youth assets on ATD over five waves of data. Results indicated that Hispanic youth with three of seven individual-level assets (e.g., educational aspirations), any of four family-level assets (e.g., family communication), or with one of six community-level assets (e.g., positive peer role models) were significantly less likely to engage in ATD. The results suggest that assets protect Hispanic youth from ATD and that family-level assets may be particularly important.

这项研究的目的是确定在西班牙裔青年样本中，特定的青年资产（被认为是在个人，家庭或社区层面影响健康行为的青年资产）是否与减少的酒精，烟草和其他毒品使用（ATD）相关。进行了一项基于社区的纵向研究，收集了在过去4年中每年收集的五次数据浪潮。参加者为西班牙裔青年（14.1岁；女​​性53％）及其父母（N= 306个青年/父母对）。使用广义线性混合模型确定了五波数据中17种青年资产对ATD的预期影响。结果表明，西班牙裔青年拥有七个个人级别的资产中的三个（例如，教育愿望），四个家庭级别的资产中的任何一个（例如，家庭沟通）或六个社区级别的资产中的一个（例如，积极的同伴榜样） ）参与ATD的可能性大大降低。结果表明，资产可以保护西班牙裔青少年免受ATD侵害，而家庭层面的资产可能尤其重要。