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

摘要 大学生高风险饮酒在美国仍然是一个重大的公共卫生问题，也是一个优先事项 在NIAAA内的区域。相当多的研究已经考察了压力源、动机和规范 与大学饮酒有关，但有限的理论驱动的已发表报告研究了是否有任何 这种影响普遍适用于拉丁裔学生。这非常令人担忧，因为美国的大学校园 随着拉丁裔学生的比例在2016年上升到18%，该校的学生变得越来越多样化。 尽管拉丁裔学生通常只占以白人为主的学生的一小部分 学校(PWI；例如，6-8%)，累积起来，他们代表了高等教育中所有拉丁裔学生的大多数 教育。参加PWI的拉丁裔学生会感受到更大的与少数族裔相关的压力，这是 与高风险的酒精使用有关。在对拉丁裔进行有效的饮酒干预之前 在PWI的学生中，必须进行研究，以了解不同的少数民族相关压力源 他们在大学的经历导致了饮酒的风险。拉丁裔学生与少数族裔相关的压力源 在大学期间在环境、人际和系统层面上与危险饮酒相关的经验 没有使用密集的纵向方法进行检查。目前也没有达成任何谅解 在大学中经历的与少数民族相关的压力如何与已知的影响大学的因素相互作用 饮酒(例如，动机、规范、性别、拉丁裔亚群)。同时考察人与人之间和人与人之间的关系 在大学里，危险饮酒和少数族裔压力源之间的联系有可能提供 为拉丁裔学生提供量身定做的干预措施所需的信息。的目标是 这项NRSA研究旨在了解影响危险饮酒的风险因素及其后果 拉丁裔大学生。建议的研究采用了严格的纵向每日日记设计， 参加PWI考试的Latinx大学生测试以下内容：Aim 1考试新奇理论 在大学期间经历的与少数民族相关的压力源之间的联系(环境、人际关系、 系统性)和高风险饮酒；以及目标2检查与大学饮酒相关的因素(动机， 常模、性别、拉丁裔亚群)作为少数民族相关应激源之间关系的调节变量 上大学和酗酒有风险。

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.