Haruyama, Dorothy, authorChavez, Ernest, advisorSwaim, Randall, committee memberPrince, Mark, committee memberRiggs, Nathaniel, committee member2023-01-212025-01-092022https://hdl.handle.net/10217/236028Adolescents 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.born digitaldoctoral dissertationsengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.American Indianmediationself-esteemcannabisadolescentparental monitoringTextEmbargo Expires: 01/09/2025