Hendershot Christian S, Dillworth Tiara M, Neighbors Clayton, George William H
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2008 Jan;69(1):121-8. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2008.69.121.
Recent evidence suggests increasing rates of alcohol use and related disorders among Asian-American young adults. Relatively little research has focused on this group, and few studies have examined heterogeneity in drinking prevalence and correlates across Asian subgroups. This study examined interactive effects of ethnicity, acculturation, and gender on drinking behavior among Asian-American undergraduates.
Participants were 112 Chinese Americans and 108 Korean Americans (mean age = 19.2 years, 61% female) who completed measures of alcohol use, acculturation, and demographic factors. Multivariate analyses examined drinking behavior (defined as quantity, frequency, and duration) as a function of ethnicity, gender, and acculturation.
Overall, Korean ethnicity predicted increased drinking, and acculturation predicted decreased drinking. However, acculturation interacted with ethnicity such that its influence was protective for Korean Americans and negligible for Chinese Americans.
Previous research implicates acculturation as a risk factor for drinking among Asian Americans, but the current findings suggest that protective effects may also exist. Results also indicate that Korean ethnicity is a risk factor particularly in the context of low acculturation. These findings illustrate the need to consider ethnic subgroup differences in drinking rates and in risk and protective factors for alcohol use among Asian Americans.
近期证据表明，亚裔美国年轻人中饮酒及相关障碍的发生率在上升。相对而言，针对这一群体的研究较少，且很少有研究考察亚洲各亚群体饮酒流行率的异质性及其相关因素。本研究考察了种族、文化适应和性别对亚裔美国大学生饮酒行为的交互作用。
参与者为112名华裔美国人和108名韩裔美国人（平均年龄 = 19.2岁，61%为女性），他们完成了饮酒情况、文化适应和人口统计学因素的测量。多变量分析考察了饮酒行为（定义为饮酒量、饮酒频率和饮酒持续时间）作为种族、性别和文化适应的函数。
总体而言，韩裔预示着饮酒量增加，而文化适应预示着饮酒量减少。然而，文化适应与种族存在交互作用，以至于其影响对韩裔美国人具有保护作用，而对华裔美国人可忽略不计。
先前的研究表明文化适应是亚裔美国人饮酒的一个风险因素，但当前的研究结果表明也可能存在保护作用。研究结果还表明，韩裔是一个风险因素，尤其是在文化适应程度较低的情况下。这些发现表明有必要考虑亚裔美国人在饮酒率以及饮酒的风险和保护因素方面的种族亚群体差异。
