Racial differences in the effects of age of onset on alcohol consumption and development of alcohol-related problems among males from mid-adolescence to young adulthood.
The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of race and sixth-grade alcohol use onset status (yes vs. no) on 8th grade intensity of alcohol use, number of post-high school drinking days, number of drinks per post-high school drinking day, and the development of lifetime alcohol-related problems in a sample of African American and White non-Hispanic males. MANOVA results indicated that African Americans had lower levels of alcohol use in both adolescence and young adulthood, and developed fewer alcohol-related problems. Furthermore, onset of alcohol use before sixth grade appeared to have a stronger effect among African Americans than among their White non-Hispanic peers on 8th grade intensity of alcohol use, the number of drinks consumed per drinking day in young adulthood, and the development of alcohol-related problems in young adulthood.
Horton
E Gail
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School of Social Work, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL 33314, USA.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D044383:Black People / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D044465:White People / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001741:Black or African American