DISTRESS AND ALCOHOL USE IN ETHNIC MINORITIES

拟议的研究是一项探索性的调查， 心理困扰与酒精/毒品的相互关系 在黑人、白人和美国印第安人族群中使用。五 将检查组件： (1)不同种族的酒精/药物使用量和使用频率 组。 (2)文化适应和/或种族认同在 精神痛苦和酗酒/吸毒。这也将是 涉及在有压力的情况下如何应对的具体方法。 (3)社会经济地位在心理困扰中的作用 酗酒/吸毒。 (4)民族间认知风格的差异。 (5)心理测量量表的内部和横向信度 种族群体。 这项拟议的研究采用了多种心理测量方法 在一个验证性的分层模型的背景下的痛苦 苦恼。以前的研究已经证明了这种层次化 结构，以衡量心理痛苦程度。克罗斯- 民族差异是心理困扰将被检视 突出不同种族的酒精/药物使用模式。这 研究应：(A)澄清下列措施之间的相互关系 不同种族之间的心理困扰，如 分级模式遇险的背景；(B)确定可能的 特定于文化的痛苦媒介(例如，文化适应， 认知风格)；以及(C)研究和阐明 酒精/毒品使用行为作为等级苦恼的函数 建立和文化相关的调解和应对机制。

The proposed research is an exploratory investigation of the interrelationship between psychological distress and alcohol/drug use across Black, White, and American Indian ethnic groups. Five components will be examined: (1) The amount and frequency of alcohol/drug use across ethnic groups. (2) The role of acculturation and/or ethnic identity in psychological distress and alcohol/drug use. This would also involve specific ways of coping in stressful situations. (3) The role of socieconomic status in psychological distress and alcohol/drug use. (4) The differences in cognitive style between ethnic groups. (5) The reliability of psychological measures within and across ethnic groups. The proposed study employs multiple measures of psychological distress in the context of a confirmatory hierarchial model of distress. Previous research has demonstrated this hierarchical structure to underly measures of psychological distress. Cross- ethnic differences is psychological distress will be examined to highlight patterns of alcohol/drug usage across ethnicities. This study should: (a) Clarify the interrelationships among measures of psychological distress across ethnic groups as determined in the context of a hierarchical model distress; (b) Identify possible culture-specific mediators of distress (e.g., acculturation, cognitive style); and (c) Examine and elucidate differences in alcohol/drug use behavior as a function of the hierarchial distress construct and culture-specific mediating and coping mechanisms.