Cultural Influences on Heavy Episodic Drinking among Latino College Students

文化对拉丁裔大学生间歇性饮酒的影响

基本信息

批准号：
8453652
负责人：
Lindsey Varvil-Weld
金额：
$ 3.83万
依托单位：
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2012-09-07 至 2014-09-06
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8453652
关键词：
Accidental Injury Accounting Acculturation Address Adolescence Adolescent Alcohol consumption Alcohol or Other Drugs use Alcohols Attention Attitude Belief Child Collaborations Country Data Development Enrollment Etiology Family Florida Grant Heavy Drinking Home environment International Latino Legal Literature Mediator of activation protein Minority Groups Modeling Outcome Parenting behavior Parents Peer Group Population Prevention Prevention program Public Health Reporting Research Research Personnel Risk Factors Safety Sampling Site Social Problems Statistical Models Students Subgroup Supervision Testing Underserved Population United States Universities Variant Work alcohol related consequences base binge drinking college college drinking contextual factors cultural values design drinking emerging adulthood ethnic minority population follow-up high risk behavior parental influence peer peer influence person centered university student

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Cultural Influences on Heavy Episodic Drinking among Latino College Students Despite increasing prevention efforts, college student alcohol use continues to be a prevalent public health problem in the United States83 that is associated with a range of public safety issues on college campuses nationwide.31 To date, research on college student drinking has almost exclusively focused on non-Latino white samples, with very little attention to minority groups such as Latinos. Therefore, further exploration of the determinants of heavy drinking among Latino college students is necessary. Specifically, cultural factors that have been identified as potential influences on predictors of college student drinking deserve further examination. These cultural factors include acculturation (orientation to U.S./Latino culture), ethnic identity, and familismo (importance of family). Existing studies with Latino adolescents and college students have reported inconsistent findings with respect to the relationship between acculturation and alcohol use.21,23,25,27 Results have been similarly mixed with respect to ethnic identity and familismo as predictors of alcohol use.25,79,111 Researchers have suggested that discrepancies in these constructs between parents and their children (i.e., a cultural orientation "mismatch") may also be related to negative outcomes including alcohol use.86 However, this hypothesis has not been tested with Latino college students. The proposed project would address this issue using an advanced person-centered approach (latent profile analysis) to empirically identify distinct subgroups of parent- student dyads based on their cultural orientations. The second aim of the project would be to determine if the identified profiles differ in terms of drinking or alcohol-related consequences. If differenes emerge, follow-up analyses will explore potential mediators of group differences (i.e., parent behaviors, peer influences, etc.). Subgroup differences among Latino groups (e.g., Cubans) in relationships among cultural orientation profiles, mediators, and drinking and consequences will also be explored. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The current research will examine the association between cultural factors and other predictors of heavy episodic drinking among Latino college students (e.g., parent and peer influences, attitudes, beliefs). Findings have the potential to inform the development of prevention programs designed for Latino students, a largely understudied subgroup.

描述（由申请人提供）：文化对拉丁裔大学生偶尔酗酒的影响尽管预防措施不断加强，大学生饮酒仍然是美国普遍存在的公共卫生问题83，与一系列大学公共安全问题相关31 迄今为止，对大学生饮酒的研究几乎完全集中在非拉丁裔白人样本上，很少关注拉丁裔等少数群体。因此，有必要进一步探讨拉丁裔大学生酗酒的决定因素。具体来说，文化因素已被确定为对大学生预测因素的潜在影响饮酒值得进一步检查。这些文化因素包括文化适应（对美国/拉丁文化的定位）、种族认同和家庭主义（家庭的重要性）。现有针对拉丁裔青少年和大学生的研究报告了文化适应与饮酒之间关系的不一致结果。21,23,25,27 将种族认同和家庭主义作为饮酒预测因素的结果也同样混杂在一起。25 79,111 研究人员认为，父母与其子女之间这些结构的差异（即文化取向“不匹配”）也可能与包括饮酒在内的负面结果有关。 86 然而，这一假设尚未在拉丁裔大学生中得到检验。拟议的项目将使用先进的以人为中心的方法（潜在概况分析）来解决这个问题，根据文化取向凭经验识别家长-学生二人组的不同亚组。该项目的第二个目标是确定所确定的概况在饮酒或酒精相关后果方面是否有所不同。如果出现差异，后续分析将探讨群体差异的潜在中介因素（即父母行为、同伴影响等）。还将探讨拉丁裔群体（例如古巴人）在文化取向概况、调解者、饮酒及其后果之间关系方面的亚群体差异。公共卫生相关性：当前的研究将探讨文化因素与拉丁裔大学生偶尔酗酒的其他预测因素（例如父母和同伴的影响、态度、信仰）之间的关联。研究结果有可能为针对拉丁裔学生（一个很大程度上未被充分研究的亚群体）设计的预防计划的制定提供信息。