TY - JOUR
T1 - A Theory of Reservation-Dwelling American Indian Alcohol Use Risk
AU - Spillane, Nichea S.
AU - Smith, Gregory T.
PY - 2007/5
Y1 - 2007/5
N2 - The authors present a theory for understanding risk for problem drinking among reservation-dwelling American Indians. The theory offers an overall framework for understanding the risk process for this group. It considers the distinction between factors that influence mean levels of American Indian problem drinking and factors that influence individual differences in American Indian drinking. It proposes important contextual differences between reservation-dwelling American Indians and Caucasians that may help explain the higher mean levels of American Indian problem drinking. The theory further holds that, within the high mean level of problem drinking characteristic of many American Indian reservations, individual differences in problem drinking can be explained by very similar personality and learning factors as those that influence problem-drinking levels for other ethnic groups.
AB - The authors present a theory for understanding risk for problem drinking among reservation-dwelling American Indians. The theory offers an overall framework for understanding the risk process for this group. It considers the distinction between factors that influence mean levels of American Indian problem drinking and factors that influence individual differences in American Indian drinking. It proposes important contextual differences between reservation-dwelling American Indians and Caucasians that may help explain the higher mean levels of American Indian problem drinking. The theory further holds that, within the high mean level of problem drinking characteristic of many American Indian reservations, individual differences in problem drinking can be explained by very similar personality and learning factors as those that influence problem-drinking levels for other ethnic groups.
KW - American Indian
KW - alcohol
KW - contextual differences
KW - individual differences
KW - problem drinking
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U2 - 10.1037/0033-2909.133.3.395
DO - 10.1037/0033-2909.133.3.395
M3 - Article
C2 - 17469984
AN - SCOPUS:34250204152
SN - 0033-2909
VL - 133
SP - 395
EP - 418
JO - Psychological Bulletin
JF - Psychological Bulletin
IS - 3
ER -