Examining associations between minority-related stressors and alcohol use among Latinx college students

摘要 大学生危险饮酒仍然是美国一个重要的公共卫生问题，也是一个优先事项。 在NIAA内。相当多的研究已经研究了压力源，动机和规范是如何 与大学饮酒有关，但有限的理论驱动发表的报告检查是否有任何 影响推广到拉丁裔学生。这是非常令人担忧的，因为美国的大学校园是 随着拉丁裔学生的比例在2016年增加到18%，变得越来越多样化。 尽管拉丁裔学生通常只占白色学生的一小部分， 机构（PWI;例如，6-8%），累积起来，他们代表了所有拉丁裔学生的大多数， 教育参加PWI的拉丁裔学生经历了更大的与少数民族有关的压力， 与危险的酒精使用有关。在对拉丁人进行有效的饮酒干预之前 在PWIs的学生，必须进行研究，以了解不同的少数民族相关的压力源， 他们在大学里的经历会导致危险饮酒。拉丁裔学生与少数民族有关的压力源 在大学的经验，在环境，人际关系，和系统的水平，在有关危险饮酒 没有使用密集的纵向方法进行检查。目前也没有任何了解 在大学里经历的与少数民族有关的压力源如何与已知的影响大学的因素相互作用 饮用（例如，动机，规范，性别，拉丁亚组）。检查人与人之间和人与人之间 大学里危险饮酒和少数民族压力源的关联有可能提供 信息需要显着通知量身定制的干预努力拉丁裔学生。的目标 NRSA的这项研究旨在了解影响危险饮酒的风险因素， 拉丁裔大学生。拟议的研究采用了严格的纵向每日日记设计， 参加PWI的拉丁裔大学生测试以下内容：目标1考察小说理论 在大学经历的与少数民族有关的压力源（环境，人际关系， 系统性）和危险饮酒;目标2检查与大学饮酒相关的因素（动机， 规范，性别，拉丁亚组）作为调节剂之间的关系，少数民族相关的压力， 大学和危险的酒精使用

Abstract College student risky drinking continues to be a significant public health concern in the U.S. and a priority area within NIAAA. Considerable research has examined how stressors, motives, and norms are associated with college drinking, but limited theory-driven published reports examine whether any of the effects generalize to Latinx students. This is highly concerning because college campuses in the U.S. are becoming increasingly diverse with the percentage of Latinx students having increased to 18% in 2016. Although Latinx students typically make up a small percentage of students at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs; e.g., 6-8%), cumulatively they represent the majority of all Latinx students in higher education. Latinx students attending PWIs experience greater minority-related stress, which is associated with risky alcohol use. Before an effective drinking intervention can be administered to Latinx students at PWIs, research must be conducted to understand how different minority-related stressors they experience at college contribute to risky drinking. Minority-related stressors that Latinx students experience in college at the environmental, interpersonal, and systemic level in relation to risky drinking have not been examined using intensive longitudinal methods. There is also currently no understanding of how minority-related stressors experienced in college interact with factors known to influence college drinking (e.g., motives, norms, sex, Latinx subgroup). Examining both between- and within-person associations of risky drinking and minority stressors in college have the potential to provide the information needed to significantly inform tailored intervention efforts for Latinx students. The goal of this NRSA research is to understand risk factors that influence risky drinking and consequences for Latinx college students. The proposed study employs a rigorous longitudinal daily diary design with Latinx college students attending a PWI to test the following: Aim 1 examines novel theoretical associations between minority-related stressors experienced at college (environmental, interpersonal, systemic) and risky drinking; and Aim 2 examines factors associated with college drinking (motives, norms, sex, Latinx subgroup) as moderators in the relationships between minority-related stressors at college and risky alcohol use.