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Ethnic specification, validation prospects, and the future of drug use research
(La spécification ethnique, les possibilités de validation et l'avenir de la recherche sur la toxicomanie)
Auteur(s) :
TRIMBLE J.E.
Année :
1990
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0020-773X
Refs biblio. :
35
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Note générale :
International Journal of the Addictions, 1990-91, 25, (2A), 149-170
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
Critique des études ethniques (catégories, trop larges, définitions inadéquates, impossibilité de réplications, etc.) suggestions pour l'avenir, notamment pour la mesure de l'identité ethnique et des fluctuations entre plusieurs statuts ethniques et socio-culturels (particulièrement importantes dans l'étiologie de la toxicomanie); problèmes d'échantillonage. Commentaire de l'éditeur.
ENGLISH :
Interest in drug use among America's major ethnic minority group is rapidly increasing. Despite the welcomed interest, researchers tend to use broad ethnic labels to identify their samples. Such labels as "ethnic glosses" provide little information concerning the heterogeneity of each ethnic group and, in most instances, violate the guidelines concerning appropriate descriptions of sample characteristics. Use of broad ethnic descriptors particularly in drug use research creates external validity problems and prevents replications. Researchers are encouraged to obtain detailed information on the sociocultural characteristics of their samples by obtaining measures on ethnic identification, situated identity, and acculturative status. Use of ethnic identity and acculturation measures, however, can create problems in defining appropriate sample frames. (Author's abstract)
Critique des études ethniques (catégories, trop larges, définitions inadéquates, impossibilité de réplications, etc.) suggestions pour l'avenir, notamment pour la mesure de l'identité ethnique et des fluctuations entre plusieurs statuts ethniques et socio-culturels (particulièrement importantes dans l'étiologie de la toxicomanie); problèmes d'échantillonage. Commentaire de l'éditeur.
ENGLISH :
Interest in drug use among America's major ethnic minority group is rapidly increasing. Despite the welcomed interest, researchers tend to use broad ethnic labels to identify their samples. Such labels as "ethnic glosses" provide little information concerning the heterogeneity of each ethnic group and, in most instances, violate the guidelines concerning appropriate descriptions of sample characteristics. Use of broad ethnic descriptors particularly in drug use research creates external validity problems and prevents replications. Researchers are encouraged to obtain detailed information on the sociocultural characteristics of their samples by obtaining measures on ethnic identification, situated identity, and acculturative status. Use of ethnic identity and acculturation measures, however, can create problems in defining appropriate sample frames. (Author's abstract)
Affiliation :
Ctr. Cross-Cultural Res. Dept. Psychol. W. Washington Univ., Bellingham, WA, 98225
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.