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How Transnational Couples Deal With Teen Substance Use: A Socio-Contextual View, Alicia Marquez
How Transnational Couples Deal With Teen Substance Use: A Socio-Contextual View, Alicia Marquez
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Using the lenses of social constructionism and critical feminist theory, this dissertation examines how transnational Mexican couples in the agricultural town of Mecca, Southern California, respond to the crisis created by their adolescent children using illegal substances.
As part of the Contemporary Couples’ Study of Loma Linda University, sixteen
families were interviewed about how this problem affected their lives. The rich stories
collected were analyzed using the Strauss and Corbin (1998) guidelines for qualitative
research, in order to identify grounded theory that would inform services to this population.
Results suggest that these couples’ relationships are organized around the world of …