Acculturation stress and drinking problems among urban heavy drinking Latinos in the Northeast.
This study investigates the relationship between the level of acculturation and acculturation stress and the extent to which each predicts problems related to drinking. Hispanics who met criteria for hazardous drinking completed measures of acculturation, acculturation stress, and drinking problems. Sequential multiple regression was used to determine whether the levels of self-reported acculturation stress predicted concurrent alcohol problems after controlling for the predictive value of the acculturation level. Acculturation stress accounted for a significant variance in drinking problems, while adjusting for acculturation, income, and education. Choosing to drink in response to acculturation stress should be an intervention target with Hispanic heavy drinkers.
a Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University , Boston , Massachusetts.
Christina S
CS
Lee
Suzanne M
SM
Colby
Damaris J
DJ
Rohsenow
Steven R
SR
López
Lynn
L
Hernández
Raul
R
Caetano
D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D003625:Data Collection; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009511:New England / Q000453:epidemiology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012044:Regression Analysis; D057566:Self Report; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult