University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Am J Addict. 2012 Mar-Apr;21(2):145-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00206.x. Epub 2012 Feb 7.
Heavy alcohol use in college students is a serious health risk. It is unclear how cultural variables impact alcohol use in Hispanic college populations. Here, the relationships between gender, bicultural identity, familism, and adherence to traditional gender roles with heavy episodic drinking (HED) in a Hispanic college sample are assessed. Participants, 80 males and 80 females, were asked to complete a questionnaire packet, which assessed demographic information, as well as measures designed to rate drinking amount and frequency, bicultural integration, familism, and traditional gender role adherence. Average age of the sample was 19.9 years (SD = 3.05), in which the majority of participants were classified as either Freshmen or Sophomores (88.8%). Overall, 47.5% of participants reported engaging in HED, with 51% of men and 44% of women reporting HED. Univariate analyses along with logistic regression were utilized to assess possible differences and correlates of HED. Neither individual predictors nor the overall model were statistically significant. These findings suggest the need for continued assessment of HED in Hispanic college students using other culturally based constructs, as well as psychosocial factors that are found to predict heavy drinking in other ethnocultural college-aged students.
大学生重度饮酒是一个严重的健康风险。目前尚不清楚文化变量如何影响西班牙裔大学生的饮酒行为。在这里，评估了性别、双文化认同、家庭主义以及传统性别角色与西班牙裔大学生样本中重度间断性饮酒（HED）之间的关系。参与者包括 80 名男性和 80 名女性，要求他们完成一份问卷，其中包括人口统计学信息，以及评估饮酒量和频率、双文化融合、家庭主义和传统性别角色遵守情况的测量。样本的平均年龄为 19.9 岁（SD = 3.05），其中大多数参与者被归类为大一或大二学生（88.8%）。总体而言，47.5%的参与者报告有 HED 行为，其中 51%的男性和 44%的女性报告有 HED 行为。采用单变量分析和逻辑回归来评估 HED 的可能差异和相关性。个体预测因素和总体模型均无统计学意义。这些发现表明，需要使用其他基于文化的结构以及在其他族裔大学生中发现的预测重度饮酒的心理社会因素，继续评估西班牙裔大学生的 HED 行为。
