Title

Protective Strategies And Alcohol Use Among College Students: Ethnic And Gender Differences

Keywords

drinking patterns; ethnicity; gender; protective factors

Abstract

This study investigated differences in alcohol consumption and the use of protective strategies (i.e., eating and designated drivers) between European American, African American, and Hispanic American college students. Gender differences were also examined. The study sample was drawn from a large southeastern university (n=567). Data analysis employed regression, factor analysis, and analysis of variance. Results indicate that European Americans students reported a higher incidence of drunk episodes per week than other racial/ethnic groups and greater use of specific pre-drinking behaviors such as protective strategies than their non-European American peers. No statistically significant differences were found between the drinking patterns between genders. Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

10-1-2010

Publication Title

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volume

9

Issue

4

Number of Pages

284-300

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2010.522894

Socpus ID

78650502263 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/78650502263

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