title: On drinking styles and race: a consideration of the socio-structural determinants of alcohol use behavior.
abstract: Often missing from the discourse on alcohol use is that "alcohol-related problems among college students" appears to be a euphemism for "white college men" in that students who experience alcohol-related problems disproportionately tend to be white men. An important aspect of promoting social and behavioral change is to understand race-related mechanisms that structure desire for students to engage in alcohol use. This article presents findings based on undergraduate students attending a Midwest university. The current study contributes to the theoretical literature on alcohol use and race. We use logistic regression models which suggest race and attitudes pertaining to race relations matter in predicting non-binge drinking and abstinence behavior.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-1905, USA. rp32@uakron.edu
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Peralta
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Steele
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D003625:Data Collection; D000431:Ethanol / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States; D011822:Race Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students; D013695:Temperance / Q000523:psychology; D014495:Universities; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol