Understanding the relationship between alcohol and sex: Latino and white college students and problematic sexual experiences while drinking.
OBJECTIVE
The authors examined whether the relationship between alcohol expectancies and sexual experiences while drinking differed between Latino and white college students.


METHODS
The authors considered students if they were white or Latino, unmarried, aged 18-25 years, reported any drinking, and had at least 1 sexual partner in the present school year.


METHODS
The investigators collected surveys from a random sample of 13,868 undergraduate students from the 14 California public university campuses. They used tests of group differences and hierarchical multiple regressions.


RESULTS
Social-facilitation alcohol expectancies were associated with the total number of different alcohol-related sexual experiences among Latino students. Neither social facilitation nor sexual-enhancement alcohol expectancies were differentially predictive of white or Latino students' frequency of sexual experiences.


CONCLUSIONS
Additional research is necessary to determine whether concepts targeted by alcohol prevention programs operate in a differential manner for Latino students.
Bourdeau
Beth
B
Prevention Research Center, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA. bbourdeau@prev.org
Saltz
Robert
R
Bersamin
Melina
M
Grube
Joel
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012067:Religion; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*