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    Self-esteem mediating the relationship between parental monitoring and American Indian cannabis use
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2022) Haruyama, Dorothy, author; Chavez, Ernest, advisor; Swaim, Randall, committee member; Prince, Mark, committee member; Riggs, Nathaniel, committee member
    Adolescents are one of the largest age groups using cannabis in the U.S. Cannabis use has been associated with a variety of negative mental health outcomes and is a risk factor for the development of Cannabis Use Disorder. Among adolescents, minority populations like American Indians use cannabis at much greater rates and initiate at a younger age. While parental monitoring has generally been found to be a protective factor in adolescent substance use, limited research exists with American Indian youth examining specific domains of parental monitoring such as parental knowledge, parental control, child disclosure and parental solicitation. Similarly, while some studies have explored self-esteem as a mediator of the relationship between parental monitoring and adolescent substance use, fewer studies have examined how specific domains of parental monitoring may interact with specific domains of self-esteem. The current study tested a mediation model of parental monitoring factors and cannabis use among American Indian youth by internal (interpersonal) and external (intrapersonal) self-esteem. Data obtained from students in grades 7-12 attending schools on, or near reservations, throughout the United States during two academic years (2018-2019) was used. Results supported hypotheses that parental monitoring factors individually related positively to internal and external self-esteem and furthermore negatively related to American Indian youth cannabis use. However, while internal self-esteem was related to cannabis use, external self-esteem was not. The mediation model was supported as each parental monitoring factor had an indirect effect on cannabis use via internal self-esteem. Results from this study being used to inform clinical interventions for the treatment and prevention of cannabis use disorder for American Indian youth is discussed.
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    The adolescent experience with parental cancer: effects on roles and responsibilities
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2008) Daly, Jennifer Catherine, author; Rosen, Lee A., advisor
    The majority of research to present has examined the experience of the cancer patient. The experience of children in families coping with parental cancer is an area in need of further exploration. Results of research with this population have been somewhat mixed; however, multiple studies have noted that children coping with parental cancer may experience symptoms consistent with anxiety and depression that may vary by the child's age and gender. Changes in household roles and responsibilities subsequent to a diagnosis of parental cancer have been offered as a possible explanation for these gender and age-related differences. Results of a recent study (Daly, 2005) suggested that time/age of the adolescent may be a primary factor in the increase in household roles and responsibilities during adolescence, rather than the presence of parental cancer. The current research further examined the adolescent experience with parental cancer through ethnographic content analysis of narrative responses regarding household roles and responsibilities. This study utilized original data collected at the same time and from the same sample of undergraduate students in introductory psychology classes at Colorado State University as the Daly 2005 study. Results of the qualitative analysis show that differences were reported for the chores performed by adolescents coping with parental cancer and those who were not coping with parental cancer, with adolescents who were coping with parental cancer for longer than three months generally perceiving themselves as more involved with chores. Results also show that adolescents coping with parental cancer linked their experience of chores with their parent's cancer. The results of the present study are discussed in light of the Daly (2005) study's results and the available body of literature on this topic.
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    What about the boys: adolescent male victims of violence, substance use, and the moderating effect of religious involvement
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2010) Nepute, Jeff, author; Dik, Bryan J. (Bryan Jay), advisor; Swaim, Randall C., committee member; Miller, Lisa Ann, committee member
    Research has shown that abuse and neglect are linked to negative outcomes in later adolescence and adulthood, such as alcohol use and marijuana use. This study examines a previously collected data set of adolescents across the United States to investigate the extent to which being violently victimized predicted increased alcohol use, drunkenness, and marijuana use across two age groups; and the extent to which these relationships varied across level of rurality or level of religious involvement. Results revealed that victimization significantly predicted increased alcohol use, drunkenness, and marijuana use among both 7th/8th graders and 11th/12th graders. These relationships did not vary by level of rurality. Religious involvement significantly decreased the magnitude of the relationship between victimization and alcohol use, drunkenness, and marijuana use in the 7th/8th grade group. In the older age group, it significantly decreased the relationship between victimization and marijuana use. Overall, results suggest that victimization and substance use are significantly related and this relationship does not vary by level of rurality, but that religious involvement may be a protective factor against substance use. Results further suggest that it is important to screen for victimization among adolescent males in therapy for substance abuse and that religious involvement may be an aspect that can help adolescent male victims of violence cope with their victimization without using substances.