Racial discrimination, racial identity affiliation, and heavy alcohol use among multiracial individuals

Background Alcohol use is disproportionately higher among multiracial than monoracial adults; yet, associated risk and protective factors are underexplored. The present study compared levels of experienced racial discrimination, racial identity affiliation, and heavy alcohol use among multiracial an...

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Published in:Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research clinical and experimental research, 2021-08, Vol.45 (8), p.1653-1663
Main Authors: Nalven, Tessa, Spillane, Nichea S., Rossi, Joseph S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Alcohol use
Alcoholism
Alcoholism - ethnology
Alcoholism - psychology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Drinking behavior
Epidemiology
Female
heavy alcohol use
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
multiracial
Multiracial people
Protective factors
Racial differences
Racial discrimination
Racial identity
Racism - ethnology
Racism - psychology
Risk factors
Social Identification
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:Background Alcohol use is disproportionately higher among multiracial than monoracial adults; yet, associated risk and protective factors are underexplored. The present study compared levels of experienced racial discrimination, racial identity affiliation, and heavy alcohol use among multiracial and monoracial adults and tested whether racial identity affiliation, experienced racial discrimination, and their interaction were significantly associated with heavy alcohol use among multiracial individuals. Methods We conducted secondary analyses of data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions‐III. Participants are a nationally representative sample of all U.S. adults (N = 29,026; 56.4% female) and were interviewed for the study from 2012 to 2013. The sample includes 598multiracial individuals. Results Linear regression analyses showed that multiracial individuals experienced significantly greater racial discrimination than White (b = −1.26, 95% CI [−1.47, −1.05], p 
ISSN:0145-6008
1530-0277
DOI:10.1111/acer.14651