ArticleThe American journal of drug and alcohol abuse2018
Substance use among bi/multiracial youth in the United States: Profiles of psychosocial risk and protection.
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- Marijuana use among adolescent Asian Americans and Pacific islanders: Analysis of ethnic subgroup and gender differences.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Classification of Students by Race and Hispanic/Latino/a/x Ethnicity Impacts Estimates of the Prevalence of Substance Use.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- The independent and joint effect of socioeconomic status and Multiracial status on the prevalence and frequency of substance use and depression among U.S. adolescents.Addictive behaviors · 2024Article
- Racial differences in associations between adverse childhood experiences and physical, mental, and behavioral health.SSM - population health · 2023Article
- The intersection of neighborhood and race in urban adolescent health risk behaviors.Journal of community psychology · 2023Article
- Simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use among college students in the United States, 2006-2019.Addictive behaviors reports · 2022Article
- Prospective Associations of Discrimination, Race, and Sexual Orientation with Substance Use in Adolescents.Substance use & misuse · 2022Article
- Sleep Problems and Drinking Frequency among Urban Multiracial and Monoracial Adolescents: Role of Discrimination Experiences and Negative Mood.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundBi/multiracial youth face higher risk of engaging in substance use than most monoracial youth.
objectivesThis study contrasts the prevalence of substance use among bi/multiracial youth with that of youth from other racial/ethnic groups, and identifies distinct profiles of bi/multiracial youth by examining their substance use risk.
methodsUsing data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (collected between 2002 and 2014), we analyze data for 9,339 bi/multiracial youth ages 12-17 living in the United States. Analyses use multinomial regression and latent class analysis.
resultsWith few exceptions, bi/multiracial youth in general report higher levels of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and other illicit drug use compared to other youth of color. Bi/multiracial youth also report higher levels of marijuana use compared to non-Hispanic white adolescents. However, latent class modeling also revealed that a majority (54%) of bi/multiracial youth experience high levels of psychosocial protection (i.e., strong antidrug views and elevated parental engagement) and low levels of psychosocial risk (i.e., low peer substance use, school-related problems, and social-environmental risk), and report very low levels of substance use. Substance use was found to be particularly elevated among a minority of bi/multiracial youth (28%) reporting elevated psychosocial risk and low levels of protection. Bi/multiracial youth characterized by both elevated psychosocial risk and elevated psychosocial protection (22%) reported significantly elevated substance use as well.
conclusionsWhile bi/multiracial youth in general exhibit elevated levels of substance use, substantial heterogeneity exists among this rapidly-growing demographic.
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