Racial differences in the link between alcohol expectancies and adolescent drinking

Banks, Devin E.; Zapolski, Tamika C. B.

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.12.005

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“…No significant difference in the prevalence was found between the Akha and Lahu youths. This result coincides with that of the study of Banks et al among American adolescents aged 12-18 years in 2017, which found no difference in expectancies and consumption among different races [41].…”

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Factor associated with alcohol use among Lahu and Akha hill tribe youths, northern Thailand

Singkorn

Apidechkul

Putsa

et al. 2019

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BackgroundAlcohol use impacts several dimensions, including physical health, mental health, families, and social interactions. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and to determine the factors associated with alcohol use among Akha and Lahu hill tribe youths in Chiang Rai, Thailand.MethodsAn analytic cross-sectional design was applied to obtain key data on these associations. The study sample was Akha and Lahu hill tribe youths aged 15-24 years who lived in 30 selected hill tribe villages. A questionnaire was developed from an in-depth interview and group discussion and tested for validation and reliability before use. Descriptive statistics were used to demonstrate the general characteristics, and Chi-square test and logistic regression were used to detect associations between variables at α=0.05.ResultsA total of 737 subjects were recruited into the study, of whom 50.0% were Lahu. The average age was 17.9 years, 80.7% were single, 71.1% were Christian, 65.9% graduated secondary school, and 65.7% had their major source of income from their parents. Overall, 17.3% smoked and 45.0% drank alcohol. Among the drinkers, 79.8% drank beer, 61.5% started drinking at an age of 15-19 years, 86.8% had drank for < 5 years, 42.5% were persuaded to drink by their peers, 20.2% suffered an accident after alcohol use, and 17.2% had experienced unsafe sex after drinking alcohol. In the multiple logistic regression, six variables were associated with alcohol use among the Akha and Lahu youths. Males had greater odds of alcohol use than females (ORadj = 3.50, 95% CI = 2.24-5.47). Buddhists had greater odds of alcohol use than Christians (ORadj = 1.88, 95% CI = 1.17-3.04). Participants who were unemployed, employed, and in other categories of occupation had greater odds of alcohol use than those who were students (ORadj = 2.20, 95% CI = 1.23-3.92; ORadj = 6.89, 95% CI = 3.38-13.89; and ORadj = 2.96, 95% CI = 1.01-8.59, respectively). Participants whose fathers were daily wage workers had greater odds of alcohol use (ORadj = 2.89; 95% CI = 1.23-6.79) than those whose parents worked in agriculture, and those whose fathers used alcohol had greater odds of alcohol use than those whose fathers did not use alcohol (ORadj = 2.17, 95% CI = 1.40-3.35). Finally, those who had 6-10 and ≥ 11 close friends living in the same village who used alcohol had greater odds of alcohol use (ORadj = 8.51, 95% CI = 3.10-23.3; and ORadj = 3.84, 95% CI = 1.15-12.77, respectively).ConclusionTo reduce the initiation of alcohol use among Akha and Lahu youths, public health intervention programs should focus on males who are not attending school and should be implemented for both their family members and peers.

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Factor associated with alcohol use among Lahu and Akha hill tribe youths, northern Thailand

Singkorn

Apidechkul

Putsa

et al. 2019

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“…Research is also sparse examining African American-White differences in the impact of alcohol expectancies on drinking outcomes. Evidence suggests a stronger effect of positive expectancies on alcohol use for White youth (Chartier, Hesselbrock, & Hesselbrock, 2009) with some researchers oberving a significant effect for White youth, but a null effect for African American youth (Banks & Zapolski, 2017;Meier, Slutske, Arndt, & Cadoret, 2007). This finding of a weaker effect of postive alcohol expectancies on drinking for African American youth may partially explain lower drinking outcomes.…”

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Racial/ethnic differences in the time-varying association between alcohol expectancies and drinking during the transition from childhood to adolescence

Banks

Faidley

Smith

et al. 2018

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

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Alcohol expectancies are important determinants of adolescent drinking, but this relationship may differ based on race/ethnicity. This study used time-varying effect modeling to examine racial/ ethnic differences in positive and negative alcohol expectancies and their relationship with drinking among White, African American, and Hispanic youth. Youth reported alcohol expectancies and drinking frequency from 5 th -10 th grade. African Americans initially endorsed higher positive alcohol expectancies than Whites, but its relationship with drinking was stronger among Whites. Hispanic youth reported slightly higher negative alcohol expectancies in high school, but the relationship between negative expectancies and alcohol use was comparable across groups. The effect of expectancies on alcohol use outcomes may be more robust for Whites, which warrants investigation of risk factors for minority youth.

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“…Accordingly, minorities tend to endorse similar rates of positive alcohol expectancies as Whites by early adolescence (Hipwell et al, 2005; Meier et al, 2007; Shih, Miles, Tucker, Zhou, & D’Amico, 2010). However, positive alcohol expectancies have been shown to have a stronger effect on adolescent drinking among White adolescents than minority adolescents (Banks & Zapolski, 2017; Chartier, Hesselbrock, & Hesselbrock, 2009; Meier et al, 2007). It is possible that this effect is explained by increased promotive factors among minority adolescents such as ethnic identity and negative alcohol expectancies.…”

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Examination of the indirect effect of alcohol expectancies on ethnic identity and adolescent drinking outcomes.

Banks¹,

Winningham

Wu³

et al. 2019

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Although overall rates of alcohol use tend to be lower among racial/ethnic minority youth compared to White youth, consequences associated with use tend to be more severe. Identifying factors that prevent alcohol use is crucial to reducing its impact among minority adolescents. One such factor is ethnic identity, which involves gaining clarity about one’s ethnic background and regard toward one’s ethnic group. Strong ethnic identity has been found to work through antidrug beliefs to decrease minority youth’s substance use. The current study extends previous literature by examining whether specific alcohol cognitions—alcohol expectancies—explain the promotive effect of ethnic identity on alcohol use and severity of alcohol use among minority youth. Participants were 113 ethnic minority youth ages 12–18 (M = 15.27). Most participants were male (66%) and identified as non-Hispanic African American/Black (70%), followed by Hispanic/Latino (15%), multiracial (12%), and American Indian/Native American (3%). Participants completed self-report measures of ethnic identity, positive and negative alcohol expectancies, and hazardous drinking, which were analyzed in an indirect effects model. Results indicated that ethnic identity was inversely related to negative alcohol expectancies. A significant indirect effect of ethnic identity on severity of alcohol use through negative alcohol expectancies was found. However, no indirect effect was found for positive alcohol expectancies. Findings suggest that strong ethnic identity serves as a promotive factor preventing alcohol use for ethnic minority youth, in part through more negative alcohol expectancies, and may be a beneficial target for intervention programs to reduce alcohol use among this group.

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Racial differences in the link between alcohol expectancies and adolescent drinking

Cited by 17 publications

References 31 publications

Factor associated with alcohol use among Lahu and Akha hill tribe youths, northern Thailand

Factor associated with alcohol use among Lahu and Akha hill tribe youths, northern Thailand

Racial/ethnic differences in the time-varying association between alcohol expectancies and drinking during the transition from childhood to adolescence

Examination of the indirect effect of alcohol expectancies on ethnic identity and adolescent drinking outcomes.

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