Previous research has found mixed results regarding the association between acculturation and substance use in Hispanic populations. Additional research is warranted to examine relations among facets of acculturation, particularly acculturative stress, and marijuana use. The purpose of this study was to examine whether self-esteem mediates the relation between acculturative stress and a lifetime history of marijuana use among a sample of Hispanic college students. Hispanic college students (N = 204; Mean age = 20.3 years) from a large southwestern university participated in an online study and reported on lifetime marijuana use, self-esteem, and acculturative stress. We evaluated the hypothesis that self-esteem would mediate the relation between acculturative stress and the likelihood of reporting a history of marijuana use, utilizing Hayes’ SPSS macro, which provides estimates of boot-strapped confidence intervals for the indirect effect. Results showed that self-esteem did not significantly mediate the relation between acculturative stress and likelihood of marijuana use [b = .157, 95% CI (−.003, .017)]. Future studies might examine other facets of acculturation in relation to substance use, utilizing a longitudinal approach to better understand these associations.

先前的研究发现，在西班牙裔人群中，文化适应与物质使用之间的关联性参差不齐。有必要进行额外的研究来检验文化适应各个方面之间的关系，尤其是文化适应压力与大麻使用之间的关系。这项研究的目的是检验自尊是否能在西班牙裔大学生样本中介导适应压力与大麻终生史之间的关系。西班牙裔大学生（N = 204; 西南一所大型大学的平均年龄= 20.3岁）参加了一项在线研究，并报告了终身使用大麻，自尊和适应性压力的情况。我们利用海斯（Hayes）的SPSS宏评估了自尊将调节适应性压力与报告大麻使用史的可能性之间的关系的假设，该宏为间接影响提供了引导约束的置信区间估计。结果表明，自尊没有显着调节 适应性压力与使用大麻的可能性之间的关系[ b = .157，95％CI（-.003，.017）]。未来的研究可能会通过纵向方法更好地了解这些关联，从而研究与药物使用相关的其他适应方面。