Motivational pathways to alcohol use and abuse among Black and White adolescents
Motivational pathways to alcohol use and abuse among Black and White adolescents
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DOI：
10.1037/a0012592
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发表时间：
2008-08-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Jackson, Maudette
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作者：
Cooper, M. Lynne;Krull, Jennifer L.;Jackson, Maudette
本研究使用来自birthday社区青少年样本的数据，研究了从青少年到青年的15年期间酒精使用和滥用的轨迹，以及这些轨迹在多大程度上被两组之间的应对和增强酒精使用动机的差异预测。应对和增强动机（M。L.库珀，1994年）指的是策略性使用酒精来调节消极和积极的情绪，分别。结果表明，黑人和白色青年遵循不同的酒精轨迹从青春期到青年成年，这些轨迹是不同的根源在调节消极和积极的情绪。在黑人饮酒者中，青少年时期评估的应对动机更强烈地预测了30岁出头时酒精参与的差异，而增强动机更强烈地预测了白色饮酒者之间的差异。本研究的结果表明，可能需要不同的模型来解释黑人和白人之间的饮酒行为，不同的方法可以证明最有效地减少两组之间的酗酒或酗酒问题。
Using data from a biracial community sample of adolescents, the present study examined trajectories of alcohol use and abuse over a 15-year period, from adolescence into young adulthood, as well as the extent to which these trajectories were differentially predicted by coping and enhancement motives for alcohol use among the 2 groups. Coping and enhancement motivations (M. L. Cooper, 1994) refer to the strategic use of alcohol to regulate negative and positive emotions, respectively. Results showed that Black and White youth follow distinct alcohol trajectories from adolescence into young adulthood and that these trajectories are differentially rooted in the regulation of negative and positive emotions. Among Black drinkers, coping motives assessed in adolescence more strongly forecast differences in alcohol involvement into their early 30s, whereas enhancement motives more strongly forecast differences among White drinkers. Results of the present study suggest that different models may be needed to account for drinking behavior among Blacks and Whites and that different approaches may prove maximally effective in reducing heavy or problem drinking among the 2 groups.