ArticleCultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology2020
Racial discrimination and alcohol problems among African American young adults: Examining the moderating effects of racial socialization by parents and friends.
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- A meta-analytic review of the relationship between racial discrimination and alcohol and other drug use outcomes in minoritised racial/ethnic groups.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Pooled it
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- Alcohol and cannabis dual use among Black adults: Associations with alcohol use, use-related problems, and race-based discrimination.The American journal on addictions · 2024Article
- Examination of cross-group contact at work and school in relation to acute and retrospective discrimination experiences and drinking to cope for Black and White young adult drinkers.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2022Article
- Examining the promotive versus the protective impact of culturally informed shift-&-persist coping in the context of discrimination, anxiety, and health behaviors.Journal of community psychology · 2022Article
- Racial Discrimination and Alcohol Problems: Examining Interactions with Genetic Risk and Impulsivity among African American Young Adults.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2022Article
- Perceived racial and social class discrimination and cannabis involvement among Black youth and young adults.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
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- Racial discrimination, depressive symptoms, ethnic-racial identity, and alcohol use among Black American college students.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Article
- Adverse childhood experiences, racial microaggressions, and alcohol misuse in Black and White emerging adults.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Article
- Perceived Discrimination and Risk Behaviors in African American Students: the Potential Moderating Roles of Emotion Regulation and Ethnic Socialization.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveRacial discrimination is a stressor that may put African Americans at risk for alcohol use and related problems. We examined whether experiences of blatant (racist events) and subtle (racial microaggressions) forms of racial discrimination were associated with alcohol consumption and alcohol problems among African American young adults, and whether childhood/adolescence racial socialization by parents and friends moderated these associations.
methodThe sample included 383 African American young adults (M
resultsExperiences of racist events and racial microaggressions were associated with higher levels of alcohol consumption and more alcohol problems. Racial socialization by friends, but not parents, moderated these associations. Specifically, cultural socialization by friends buffered the effect of racist events on alcohol consumption and alcohol problems, whereas promotion of mistrust by friends exacerbated the effect of racial microaggressions on alcohol problems.
conclusionsBoth blatant and subtle forms of racial discrimination were associated with higher risk for alcohol use or problems among African American young adults. Racial socialization by friends while growing up may play an important role in alcohol use outcomes during young adulthood. Findings highlight the importance of considering different forms of racial discrimination and emphasize the unique roles of racial socialization across different social contexts (i.e., parent and peers or friends) in relation to psychosocial outcomes among African American individuals. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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