Abstract
Alcohol expectancies are important determinants of adolescent drinking, but this relationship may differ based on race/ethnicity. This study used time-varying effect modeling to examine racial/ethnic differences in positive and negative alcohol expectancies and their relationship with drinking among White, African American, and Hispanic youth. Youth reported alcohol expectancies and drinking frequency from 5th grade to 10th grade. African Americans initially endorsed higher positive alcohol expectancies than Whites, but the relationship with drinking was stronger among Whites. Hispanic youth reported slightly higher negative alcohol expectancies in high school, but the relationship between negative expectancies and alcohol use was comparable across groups. The effect of expectancies on alcohol use outcomes may be more robust for Whites, which warrants investigation of risk factors for minority youth.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 371-387 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 3 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse under Grants R25DA035163, P30DA027827, and K01DA043654 to Tamika Zapolski and F31DA044728 to Devin Banks. The funding agencies had no role in the study design, analysis of data, writing of the report, or decision to submit the article for publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Keywords
- Alcohol expectancies
- adolescent
- alcohol
- race and ethnicity
- time-varying effect model
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health(social science)
- Medicine (miscellaneous)