U.S. adolescent alcohol use by race/ethnicity: Consumption and perceived need to reduce/stop use

Terry‐McElrath, Yvonne M.; Patrick, Megan E.

doi:10.1080/15332640.2018.1433094

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“…Spanish students reported higher alcohol consumption than non-Spanish students. This finding is similar to a study carried out in the United States [52], which showed that US-born adolescents reported higher use. It seems that living in one's birth country is related to alcohol use in the Spanish context.…”

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Social, economic and family factors associated with binge drinking in Spanish adolescents

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Background: The main aim of this study was to determine the socioeconomic and family factors associated with binge drinking (BD) in Spanish adolescents who participated in a web-based computer intervention for the prevention of binge drinking known as Alerta Alcohol. Methods: Longitudinal analyses were carried out in a sample of Andalusian adolescents aged 15 to 19 enrolled in public schools, which was part of a two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial with an intervention group (IG) who received the Alerta Alcohol programme and a control group (CG) who did not receive any active intervention. Panel count data and the following econometric procedures were used: negative binomial, a two-part model and a finite mixture model. The endogenous variable in all models was the number of BD occasions in the last 30 days. A total of 1247 subjects in the pre-intervention period, with an average age of 16.8 years, plus 612 adolescents in the follow-up period (4 months later), were included in the analysis. Results: In relation to findings, being older (≥ 17 years old), having more pocket money and higher family alcohol consumption were associated with greater BD. By contrast, subjects who completed the questionnaire on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, further from the previous weekend, indicated a lower number of BD occasions. Conclusions: Our results suggest the need to include families, especially parents and siblings, in interventions aimed at preventing alcohol use among adolescents, given the association shown between BD and both family alcohol consumption and weekly pocket money or availability of money to adolescents. Given the findings with regard to age, future research aimed at intervening in early adolescence to prevent BD would be justified.

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Social, economic and family factors associated with binge drinking in Spanish adolescents

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“…Spanish students reported higher alcohol consumption than non-Spanish students. This finding is similar to a study carried out in the United States [54], which showed that US-born adolescents reported higher use. It seems that living in one's birth country is related to alcohol use in the Spanish context.…”

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Social, economic and family factors associated with binge drinking in Spanish adolescents

Vargas-Martínez

Trapero‐Bertran

Mora

et al. 2020

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Background: The main aim of this study was to determine the socioeconomic and family factors associated with binge drinking in Spanish adolescents who participated in a web-based computer intervention for the prevention of binge drinking known as Alerta Alcohol. Methods: Longitudinal analyses were carried out in a sample of Andalusian adolescents aged 15 to 19 enrolled in public schools, which was part of a two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial. Panel count data and the following econometric procedures were used: negative binomial, a two-part model and a finite mixture model. A total of 1,247 subjects in the pre-intervention period, with an average age of 16.8 years, plus 612 adolescents in the follow-up period, were included in the analysis. Results: In relation to findings, being older (≥ 17 years old), having more pocket money and higher family alcohol consumption were associated with greater binge drinking. By contrast, subjects who completed the questionnaire on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, further from the previous weekend, indicated a lower number of occasions of binge drinking. Conclusions: Our results suggest the need to include families, especially parents and siblings, in interventions aimed at preventing alcohol use among adolescents, given the association shown between both weekly pocket money or availability of money to adolescents, family alcohol consumption and binge drinking. Given the findings with regard to age, future research aimed at intervening in early adolescence to prevent binge drinking would be justified.

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“…1 Similar to national data demonstrating less alcohol use and lower rates of alcohol use disorder among Asian Americans (Terry-McElrath and Patrick, 2018;Vaeth et al, 2017), in the current dataset Asian Americans averaged fewer typical drinks and drank and binge drank less frequently than non-Asian-American students. Among drinkers, there were no differences between these groups at semester 1, but Asian American drinkers reported lower alcohol use (across all measures) than non-Asian American drinkers in the final semester survey.…”

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Longitudinal Change in Alcohol Use and Motivations for Drinking Among Asian American College Students

Greene

Maggs

2020

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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Background: Asian Americans are understudied in the literature on alcohol, due to data limitations and the perception that they are at low risk for alcohol misuse. Yet, certain subpopulations-such as college students-may be at higher risk. The current study examined longitudinal change in alcohol use and motivations for drinking among Asian American students. We tested for differences by nativity status, ethnic origin, and gender and examined whether motivations covaried with alcohol use. Methods: Asian American first-year college students (N = 199, 45.7% female, 37.7% foreign-born) attending a US university were identified through stratified random sampling using registrar information. For 7 consecutive semesters, students completed online surveys about their behaviors and beliefs. Results: Multilevel models demonstrated that alcohol use and alcohol-related motivations increased over time. US-born students consistently consumed more alcoholic drinks, reached higher peak drinking levels, and drank more frequently than foreign-born students; however, motivations did not differ by nativity status. Chinese American students consumed less alcohol, drank less, and were more motivated to avoid alcohol-related consequences than students of other/multiple heritage ethnic origins. Each motivation subscale was associated with alcohol use at the between-person level. Likewise, within-person variability in motivations was linked to variability in drinking across semesters. Controlling for other motivations, drinking for fun emerged as the strongest correlate of alcohol use variability. Conclusions: Alcohol misuse was highest among US-born students and those with higher motivations for drinking. Furthermore, alcohol use varied in tandem with motivations, suggesting that motivations may be a useful intervention target among this population.

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U.S. adolescent alcohol use by race/ethnicity: Consumption and perceived need to reduce/stop use

Cited by 34 publications

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Social, economic and family factors associated with binge drinking in Spanish adolescents

Social, economic and family factors associated with binge drinking in Spanish adolescents

Social, economic and family factors associated with binge drinking in Spanish adolescents

Longitudinal Change in Alcohol Use and Motivations for Drinking Among Asian American College Students

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