TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Understanding alcohol use among U.S. Cambodians: how useful is the concept of cultural norms?
JO  - Substance use and misuse
A1  - Pagano, Anna
A1  - Lee, Juliet P.
A1  - Sin, Talaya
SP  - 999
EP  - 1006
VL  - 49
IS  - 8
N2  - Observed differences in substance use are frequently attributed to cultural norms, which in turn are often interpreted as fixed properties of ethnically defined groups. During a community-based participatory research study (2009-2011), U.S. Cambodian women identified community-specific drinking behaviors and beliefs. To test how widely other U.S. Cambodians shared their views, we formulated them into a series of normative statements and surveyed local community members (N = 172). We identified few consensualized norms, which suggests that (A) norms may not be reducible to normative statements; and/or (B) norms may not be shared by all group members; and (C) if neither A nor B holds, then the attribution of observed drinking patterns to cultural norms lacks internal validity. Study's limitations were noted.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1082-6084
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2013.855233
ID  - ref1
ER  -