Social Stressors and Alcohol Use among a subgroup of Latino Men

拉丁裔男性亚群的社会压力和饮酒

• 批准号: 8122420
• 负责人: Paul A Gilbert
• 金额: $ 3.12万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-08 至 2013-08-07
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8122420
• 关键词: Acculturation; Address; Adopted; Alcohol abuse; Alcohol consumption; Alcoholism; Alcohols; Area; Behavioral; Bisexual; Buffers; Characteristics; Communities; Complex; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data; Destinations; Dimensions; Discrimination; Doctor of Philosophy; Ethnic Origin; Exposure to; Gays; Growth; Health; Health Status; Hispanics; Immigrant; Immigration; Institutes; Intervention; Interview; Language; Latino; Length; Link; Literature; Mental Health; Methods; Modeling; North Carolina; Outcome; Parents; Pattern; Phase; Policies; Population; Population Study; Prevention Research; Research; Risk; Risk Behaviors; Risk Reduction; Role; Rural; Sampling; Sex Orientation; Social Environment; Social isolation; Social support; Southeastern United States; Stigmata; Strategic Planning; Stress; Stress and Coping; Subgroup; Testing; Time; Vehicle crash; Violence; alcohol abuse prevention; base; coping; design; experience; health disparity; high risk sexual behavior; improved; innovation; men; men who have sex with men; public health research; rapid growth; response; social; social integration; social stigma; social stress; stressor; theories

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed study will investigate alcohol consumption among a sub-group of Latino men in the Southeast US who may be subject to discrimination along multiple dimensions. In response to social stressors, these Latino men may turn to alcohol as a coping strategy, however social support may reduce exposure to stressors or improve coping responses. Given the health-damaging effects of heavy alcohol consumption, as well as the association of alcohol use with other risky behaviors such as violence, motor-vehicle crashes, and risky sexual behaviors, research is needed to understand patterns of alcohol use in this population. Informed by the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping, Social Support Theory, and available empirical evidence, the specific aims of this study are to: (1) quantify the association of social stressors (e.g. acculturation and experiences of discrimination) with alcohol consumption among a sub-group of Latino men in North Carolina; (2) test whether social support moderates the relationship between social stressors and alcohol consumption; and (3) characterize the social stressors and coping strategies experienced by a sub-group of Latino men in North Carolina. The study will employ a two-part, mixed-methods design. Study 1 will address Aim 1 and Aim 2 via secondary analysis of cross-sectional behavioral data obtained from Latino men in North Carolina (PI: Scott Rhodes, PhD; R21 HD 049282). Although the parent study had a different focus, data are available to investigate social stressors and alcohol use. Study 2 will address Aim 3 via in-depth interviews conducted with an additional sample of Latino men. Using Grounded Theory analysis, a model of coping strategies will be elaborated. Study findings will advance the field of alcohol abuse prevention research by quantifying the effects of social stressors and social support on alcohol use in a particularly marginalized population and by providing greater detail about coping strategies adopted in response to social stressors. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The US Latino population is rapidly growing and there is limited research regarding their alcohol consumption patterns. Findings of this study can inform innovative and culturally- appropriate risk reduction interventions, and will support the Health Disparities Strategic Plan of the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的研究将调查美国东南部一组拉丁裔男子的饮酒，这些拉丁裔男性可能会沿多个维度歧视。 为了应对社会压力源，这些拉丁裔男人可能会转向酒精作为应对策略，但是社会支持可能会减少压力源的暴露或改善应对反应。鉴于大量酒精消耗的健康影响以及酒精使用与其他危险行为的关联，例如暴力，汽车崩溃和风险的性行为，需要进行研究以了解该人群中酒精使用的模式。 在压力和应对的交易模型，社会支持理论以及可用的经验证据中，本研究的具体目的是：（1）量化北卡罗来纳州拉丁裔男性的社会压力源（例如，适应和歧视的习得和歧视经验）与酒精消耗的关联； （2）测试社会支持是否缓和了社会压力源与饮酒之间的关系； （3）描述了北卡罗来纳州一群拉丁裔男人所经历的社会压力源和应对策略。该研究将采用两部分的混合方法设计。 研究1将通过对北卡罗来纳州拉丁裔男性获得的横截面行为数据的次级分析来解决AIM 1和AIM 2（PI：Scott Rhodes，PhD； R21 HD 049282）。 尽管父母研究的重点不同，但可以使用数据来研究社会压力源和饮酒。研究2将通过与其他拉丁裔男性样本进行的深入访谈来解决AIM 3。 使用扎根的理论分析，将详细阐述应对策略的模型。 研究结果将通过量化特别边缘化人群中的社会压力源和社会支持对酒精使用的影响，并提供有关应对社会压力源采用的应对策略的更详细信息，从而推动预防酗酒研究的领域。 公共卫生相关性：美国拉丁裔人口正在迅速增长，并且关于其饮酒方式的研究有限。这项研究的结果可以为创新和文化的降低风险干预提供依据，并将支持美国国家酒精滥用和酒精中毒研究所的健康差异战略计划。