Department of Psychology.
Psychol Addict Behav. 2019 Sep;33(6):520-528. doi: 10.1037/adb0000501. Epub 2019 Aug 15.
Few studies have investigated alcohol-related problems among Asian American college students, perhaps because of the model minority myth, or the false stereotype that Asian Americans are academically and economically successful and thus do not experience significant physical or mental health problems. However, drinking patterns among Asian Americans are complex and there is evidence that alcohol use may be increasing among Asian American college students. One potential risk factor for alcohol-related problems among Asian American college students is racial discrimination. Although past research has revealed a link between experiences of racial discrimination and alcohol use, few studies have examined the psychological processes underlying this association. Furthermore, only a few studies have examined the association between discrimination and alcohol-related problems using longitudinal designs. The present study longitudinally examined the direct and indirect effect of discrimination on alcohol-related problems through the frequency in which they engaged in drinking to cope within a sample of 311 underage Asian American college students. Controlling for alcohol use and baseline alcohol-related problems, Wave 2 drinking-to-cope motives were directly associated with Wave 3 (1 year later) alcohol-related problems. Wave 1 discrimination was indirectly associated with Wave 3 alcohol-related problems through drinking to cope. These findings have important implications for the prevention of alcohol-related problems among an understudied group, Asian American college students. They highlight the necessity of considering how sociocultural factors such as racism contribute to alcohol-related problems as well as examining how psychological processes such as drinking to cope put certain students at increased risk. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
很少有研究调查过亚裔美国大学生的酒精相关问题，这可能是因为模范少数族裔神话，或者是亚洲人在学术和经济上取得成功，因此不会遇到重大身心健康问题的错误刻板印象。然而，亚裔美国人的饮酒模式很复杂，有证据表明，亚洲美国大学生的饮酒量可能在增加。亚裔美国大学生酒精相关问题的一个潜在风险因素是种族歧视。尽管过去的研究表明种族歧视经历与饮酒之间存在关联，但很少有研究探讨这种关联背后的心理过程。此外，只有少数研究使用纵向设计来检验歧视与酒精相关问题之间的关联。本研究在一个由 311 名未成年亚裔美国大学生组成的样本中，通过他们饮酒应对的频率，纵向考察了歧视对酒精相关问题的直接和间接影响。在控制了饮酒和基线酒精相关问题后，第 2 波的饮酒应对动机与第 3 波（1 年后）的酒精相关问题直接相关。第 1 波的歧视通过饮酒应对与第 3 波的酒精相关问题间接相关。这些发现对预防一个研究不足的群体，即亚裔美国大学生的酒精相关问题具有重要意义。它们强调了考虑社会文化因素（如种族主义）如何导致酒精相关问题的必要性，以及研究如饮酒应对等心理过程如何使某些学生面临更高的风险。（PsycINFO 数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。
