Alcohol Use and Related Consequences for Monoracial and Multiracial Native American/American Indian College students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Straka ◽  
Analia Albuja ◽  
Monica Desjardins ◽  
Scott Swartzwelder ◽  
Sarah Gaither
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
College Students ◽  
Native American ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
American Indian ◽  
The United States ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Multiracial Students ◽  
Drinking Age ◽  
College Aged Students

Native American/American Indian (NA/AI) and Multiracial (those who claim more than one racial group) people report notably high alcohol use compared to other racial groups in the United States. However, NA/AI and Multiracial college students also report differences in their motivations for drinking alcohol. Therefore, it remains unclear if Multiracial NA/AI individuals are at different risk for alcohol use and negative alcohol-related consequences, and if there are distinct patterns of risk factors for alcohol consumption in these understudied populations. Given that college-aged students are at particularly high risk for alcohol use, we used the AlcoholEdu for CollegeTM survey in an exploratory study to compare the association between initial drinking age, college location (urban versus rural), and alcohol use motivations and consequences between monoracial NA/AI (N = 2,359) and Multiracial NA/AI college-aged students (N = 6,263). Overall, monoracial NA/AI students reported higher incidences of alcohol use and alcohol-related problems such as blacking out and missing class, compared to Multiracial NA/AI students. Risk factors, including earlier drinking age, impacted monoracial NA/AI students more than Multiracial NA/AI students, leading to higher rates of missing class and impaired driving. Despite similar levels of Internal Coping motivations for drinking (e.g., to feel more confident or sure of yourself), monoracial NA/AI students reported drinking more than Multiracial students and experiencing higher rates negative drinking-related outcomes. These results suggest that Multiracial NA/AI students may draw on protective factors not accessible to monoracial NA/AI students, highlighting the need for tailored interventions for students at highest risk.

scholarly journals Internalizing Risk Factors for College Students' Alcohol use: A Combined Person- and Variable-Centered Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 629-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie E. Wemm ◽  
Stephanie M. Ernestus ◽  
Cathryn Glanton Holzhauer ◽  
Renata Vaysman ◽  
Edelgard Wulfert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
College Students ◽  
Alcohol Use

scholarly journals Direct and Mediated Effects of Nativity and Other Indicators of Acculturation on Hispanic Mothers’ Use of Physical Aggression

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 262-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inna Altschul ◽  
Shawna J. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Parenting Stress ◽  
Physical Aggression ◽  
The United States ◽  
Religious Attendance ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Maternal Aggression ◽  
Maternal Alcohol ◽  
Hispanic Mothers

This study used data from 845 foreign-born ( n = 328) and native-U.S. born ( n = 517) Hispanic mothers who participated in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) to examine four indicators of acculturation—nativity, years lived in the United States, religious attendance, and endorsement of traditional gender norms—as predictors of maternal physical aggression directed toward young children. The authors also examined whether psychosocial risk factors associated with child maltreatment and acculturation—maternal alcohol use, depression, parenting stress, and intimate partner aggression and violence—mediate relationships between acculturation and maternal aggression. Foreign-born Hispanic mothers had significantly lower rates of physical aggression than native-born Hispanic mothers. In path modeling results, U.S. nativity, along with maternal alcohol use, parenting stress, and child aggressive behavior, emerged as the strongest risk factors for maternal physical aggression. Among the four acculturation indicators, only foreign birth was directly associated with lower maternal aggression. Study findings suggest immigrant status is a unique protective factor that contributes to lower levels of physical aggression among Hispanic mothers.

Stepfamily Closeness and Depression Among American Indian Emerging Adults: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaitlin P. Ward ◽  
Gordon E. Limb ◽  
Sarah Higbee ◽  
Helena Haueter
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Biological Parent ◽  
Parent Child

Stepfamilies are one of the fastest growing family structures among all racial groups in the United States. Stepfamily research among many racial groups, specifically American Indians, is virtually nonexistent. This is unfortunate, as American Indians are more likely to divorce and remarry compared with other populations. From a family systems perspective, this study examined whether retrospectively perceived closeness in three stepfamily relationships, namely child–residential biological parent, child–residential stepparent, and child–stepsibling, were negatively associated with depression scores in 226 American Indian emerging adults. A structural equation model showed that increased child–residential biological parent and child–stepsibling closeness predicted decreased depression scores, whereas child–residential stepparent closeness did not. We also found that depression scores significantly predicted retrospective perceptions of child–residential biological parent, child–residential stepparent, and child–stepsibling closeness. Findings encourage interventions that strengthen American Indian child–residential biological parent and child–stepsibling relationships, and underscore the need for further research that explores American Indian stepfamily relationships.

Edinburgh Handedness Inventory Scores: Caucasian and American Indian College Students

1994 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 675-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherry M. Dingman ◽  
Mary A. Mroczka
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
American Indian ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Single Gene ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Frequency Distributions ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
American Indian College Students

Laterality Quotients for 80 American Indian college students were less right-biased than those for 80 Caucasian college students on the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory. Oldfield's 1971 empirically derived deciles for the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory were used to assign decile levels to the data. Deciles were then used to assign data to one of three proposed handedness phenotype classifications. Pheno-type classifications were based on Annett's 1985 proposed distribution for a single gene theorized to underlie human handedness. Chi-squared goodness-of-fit analysis showed that the data for Caucasian college students did not differ significantly from what would be anticipated by Annett's model, but American Indians differed significantly. Results provide empirical support for the hypothesis that frequency distributions for Annett's hypothesized right-shift gene may differ across racial groups.

Poly-Victimization Among Female College Students: Are the Risk Factors the Same as Those Who Experience One Type of Victimization?

2020 ◽  
pp. 107780122095217
Author(s):  
Jamie A. Snyder ◽  
Heidi L. Scherer ◽  
Bonnie S. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
College Students ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Past Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Routine Activities ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Single Type ◽  
Congruence Theory

Past research has shown that a significant proportion of college students will experience a victimization during their college tenure. This body of research provides evidence that college students’ lifestyle characteristics and routine activities play a role in influencing their risk of victimization; yet, little is known about whether these same risk factors predict both single-type victimization and poly-victimization. Using a sample of more than 4,000 college women from across the United States, multivariate analyses were used to examine the risk factors for poly-victimization. Measures from both target congruence theory and lifestyles-routine activities theory were found to significantly differentiate single-type victims from poly-victims.

scholarly journals Examining Cultural Identification and Alcohol Use Among American Indian and Caucasian College Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-36
Author(s):  
Lynn Martell ◽  
Justin Douglas McDonald ◽  
Brenda Barragan ◽  
Stephanie Ziegler ◽  
Victoria Williams
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Cultural Identification
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