@article{ref1,
title="Developmental trajectories of alcohol use among monoracial and biracial Black adolescents and adults",
journal="Journal of psychoactive drugs",
year="2013",
author="Coman, Emanuel and Corneille, Maya and Clark, Trenette T.",
volume="45",
number="3",
pages="249-257",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The present study investigates developmental trajectories of alcohol use from early adolescence to adulthood by age and race/ethnicity among White, Black, Black-American Indian, Black-Hispanic, and Black-White individuals and associated sociodemograhphic correlates. METHOD: We used a subsample of nationally representative data obtained from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). The analytic sample consisted of 15,278 individuals in Wave 1 (ages 11 to 21 years). The sample consists of adolescents who were in Grades 7-12 at wave one and who were followed across four waves of data collection into adulthood. Respondents could report more than one race/ethnicity. RESULTS: We find distinct alcohol trajectories among monoracial and biracial/ethnic Blacks with all groups showing a cross-over or catch-up effect. Black-White adults demonstrated a cross-over effect by surpassing the alcohol drinking rates of Whites in adulthood, Black-American Indians showed a within-group catch-up effect by surpassing the alcohol drinking rates of monoracial and biracial/ethnic Blacks in adulthood, and monoracial Blacks were most likely to be non-drinkers in adulthood. We also show gender, socioeconomic status, and household structure differences in impact on alcohol use among monoracial and biracial/ethnic Blacks. CONCLUSIONS: Significant heterogeneity is observed regarding alcohol trajectories between monoracial and biracial/ethnic Blacks.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0279-1072",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}