Are multiracial adolescents at greater risk? Comparisons of rates, patterns, and correlates of substance use and violence between monoracial and multiracial adolescents.
Rates and patterns of substance use and violent behaviors among multiracial adolescents were examined and compared with 3 monoracial groups, European, African, and Asian Americans. The relationships between ethnic identity and the subjective experience of racial discrimination, substance use, and violent behavior were also examined. The authors found multiracial adolescents reporting higher rates of problem behaviors. Several significant relationships between ethnic identity and racial discrimination were found with these problem behaviors.
School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. yoonsun@uchicago.edu
Yoonsun
Y
Choi
Tracy W
TW
Harachi
Mary Rogers
MR
Gillmore
Richard F
RF
Catalano
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice; D012307:Risk Factors; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012933:Social Identification; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*