Social Network Analysis of Diffusion among American Indian Youth in a Culturally Adapted, Family-Focused Prevention Program

Autor/inn/en	Mason, W. Alex; Rentschler, Jamy K.; Habecker, Patrick; Whitbeck, Leslie B.
Titel	Social Network Analysis of Diffusion among American Indian Youth in a Culturally Adapted, Family-Focused Prevention Program
Quelle	In: Prevention Science, 24 (2023) 4, S.728-738 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mason, W. Alex)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1389-4986
DOI	10.1007/s11121-023-01490-9
Schlagwörter	Best Practices; Social Networks; Network Analysis; American Indian Students; Ethnicity; Self Concept; Substance Abuse; Prevention; Intervention; Cultural Influences; American Indian Culture; Family Programs; Socialization; Student Attitudes; Program Content; Friendship; Help Seeking; Comparative Analysis; Program Evaluation; Cultural Awareness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Netzplantechnik; Ethnizität; Selbstkonzept; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Family program; Familienprogramm; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Schülerverhalten; Programmgestaltung; Freundschaft; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität
Abstract	Diffusion can contribute to the spread of preventive intervention effects from participants to non-participants, but best practices for randomized trials prevent contamination of conditions. These practices conflict with cultural values of community benefit, which are salient among American Indians. This study embedded social network measures within a randomized trial of the Bii-Zin-Da-De-Dah (BZDDD) family-focused prevention program to characterize youth's social networks, describe the nature and content of sharing, and test for diffusion effects on cultural engagement (ethnic identification, cultural socialization, cultural practices) and substance use. Participants were 256 American Indian youths enrolled in the trial who provided self-reports of their social networks and indicated whether specific program content was shared with or received from others, while completing cultural engagement and substance use questionnaires across three waves. Results indicated that social networks were comprised mainly of peers and same-age family members (e.g., cousins). Program sharing was not uncommon. For example, 51% of responding intervention youth reported talking with non-participants about BZDDD at wave 2, typically (53%) with similar-age friends and family who were, most often (71%), out of the home. Evidence for diffusion effects was limited, but did indicate that control youth who had some exposure to BZDDD had a significantly higher average cultural/ethnic identity scale score at wave 2 and were more likely to ask an elder for advice than control youth who had no BZDDD exposure in adjusted analyses. Findings illustrate the value of measuring and testing for potential effects of diffusion in prevention trials with American Indians. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01