Martineau Kayla M, Cook Emily C
Rhode Island College.
J Child Adolesc Subst Abuse. 2017;26(5):387-400. doi: 10.1080/1067828X.2017.1307796. Epub 2017 May 23.
This study examined racial differences across African American, Hispanic, and White participants in the impact that individualand social risk factorshave on drinking behaviortrajectories.Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health was usedfrom 7-9 graders (N = 4,372).Participants reported on frequency of drinking across the four waves and risk factors at wave 1. Growth mixture modeling revealed four trajectories for alcohol use that includedAbstainers, Early Starters, Late Starters, and De-Escalators. Social and individual indicators of risk were differently predictive of group membership to the problematic drinking trajectories. Differences across racial groups suggested that a lack of future orientation may be a salient risk factor for African Americanand Hispanicyouth's alcohol use, and peer alcohol use may be a salient risk factor for White youth's alcohol use. The findings of this study suggest that there may be individual differences in risk factors that provide insight for prevention efforts.
本研究调查了非裔美国人、西班牙裔和白人参与者在个人及社会风险因素对饮酒行为轨迹的影响方面的种族差异。研究使用了来自青少年健康全国纵向研究的数据，参与者为7至9年级学生（N = 4372）。参与者报告了在四个时间点的饮酒频率以及第一个时间点的风险因素。生长混合模型揭示了饮酒行为的四种轨迹，包括戒酒者、早期饮酒者、晚期饮酒者和饮酒减少者。风险的社会和个人指标对问题饮酒轨迹的组成员身份具有不同的预测作用。种族群体之间的差异表明，缺乏未来导向可能是非裔美国人和西班牙裔青少年饮酒的一个显著风险因素，而同伴饮酒可能是白人青少年饮酒的一个显著风险因素。本研究结果表明，风险因素可能存在个体差异，这可为预防工作提供参考。
