Citation

Goings TC, Hidalgo SJ, McGovern T. Addict. Behav. 2016; 60: 13-17.

Affiliation

School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, , 325 Pittsboro Street, CB 3550, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States. Electronic address: pmcgover@live.unc.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.03.013

PMID

27082263

Abstract

Using National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent and Adult Health (Add Health) data, we examine the alcohol-use trajectories of monoracial Black youth and biracial Black-White, Black-Hispanic, and Black-American Indian youth to assess how their trajectories differ from the alcohol-use trajectories of White youth over time. The sample consists of 9421 adolescents and young adults who self-identified as White, Black, Black-American Indian, Black-Hispanic, or Black-White. Study hypotheses are tested using latent growth curve modeling.

RESULTS indicate that a catch-up effect exists, but only for Black-American Indians whose alcohol-use rates approach the higher rates of Whites at age 29. Black-American Indians face particularly high risk of problematic drinking over the life course. Additional research is needed to understand causal factors of alcohol-use among biracial individuals particularly Black-American Indians who may be at higher risk for alcohol misuse.

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