Traditional Family Values and Substance Abuse

Traditional Family Values and Substance Abuse
ISBN-10
0306466198
ISBN-13
9780306466199
Category
Medical
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2002-01-31
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
Louis Lieberman, Mary Cuadrado

Description

Based on findings from a sample of nearly 1,100 Puerto Ricans living in the New York area, this book posits that adhering to traditional cultural values (for example, the family) has the socially desirable consequence of discouraging such deviant behaviors as substance abuse. The authors conclude that promoting specific values will not prevent certain individual and social ills; rather, promoting a `sense of tradition' itself is needed.

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