Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608-1010, USA.
Alcohol Alcohol. 2012 May-Jun;47(3):340-8. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/ags017. Epub 2012 Feb 28.
To investigate the influence of ethnic drinking cultures on alcohol use by Asian Americans and how this influence may be moderated by their level of integration into Asian ethnic cultures.
A nationally representative sample of 952 Asian American adults extracted from the Wave 2 National Epidemiologic Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions data was used. Multiple logistic and linear regression models were fitted, some of which were stratified by nativity.
Controlling for financial stress, discrimination and demographic variables, a hypothesized, positive relationship between ethnic drinking cultures and alcohol outcomes held for most drinking outcomes. A hypothesis on the moderating effect of integration into ethnic cultures indicated by ethnic language use was supported for US-born Asian Americans.
Ethnic drinking cultures may significantly influence alcohol use by Asian Americans. The influence of ethnic drinking cultures may be conditioned by the degree of integration into the ethnic cultures. To inform alcohol interventions for reducing harmful and hazardous alcohol use among immigrants, future research needs to explore the cultural and social processes occurring in immigrant communities that might significantly influence drinking.
调查族裔饮酒文化对亚裔美国人饮酒行为的影响,以及这种影响如何受其融入亚洲族裔文化程度的调节。
使用了从第二波全国酒精与相关状况流行病学调查数据中提取的 952 名亚裔美国成年人的全国代表性样本。拟合了多项逻辑和线性回归模型,其中一些按出生地进行了分层。
在控制经济压力、歧视和人口统计学变量的情况下,族裔饮酒文化与饮酒结果之间存在假设的正相关关系,这一关系适用于大多数饮酒结果。关于族裔语言使用所表示的融入族裔文化的调节效应的假设得到了在美国出生的亚裔美国人的支持。
族裔饮酒文化可能会显著影响亚裔美国人的饮酒行为。族裔饮酒文化的影响可能受到融入族裔文化程度的制约。为了为减少移民中有害和危险饮酒行为的酒精干预措施提供信息,未来的研究需要探索发生在移民社区中的文化和社会过程,这些过程可能会对饮酒行为产生重大影响。