SynthesisAddiction (Abingdon, England)2025
A meta-analytic review of the relationship between racial discrimination and alcohol and other drug use outcomes in minoritised racial/ethnic groups.
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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
- Interwoven oppression: A qualitative study of the contribution of racism and sexism to co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorder.American journal of community psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
aimsTo measure the associations between racial discrimination and distinct alcohol and other drug use outcomes in minoritised racial/ethnic groups and to explore the moderating roles of demographic and methodological characteristics.
methodsQuantitative studies including racial discrimination as an exposure (both binary and continuous), an alcohol and/or other drug use outcome and a minoritised racial/ethnic sample were identified via database, citation and journal searching. 130 studies contributing 273 effect sizes, across seventeen distinct outcomes, were included in this analysis. Random-effects meta-analytic models were implemented. Moderation effects were explored using subgroup analyses.
resultsRacial discrimination was positively associated with sixteen alcohol and other drug use outcomes. The strongest associations were observed for at-risk/hazardous alcohol use [r = 0.24, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.17-0.3, I
conclusionsRacial discrimination appears to be a consistent correlate of multiple alcohol and other drug use outcomes in minoritised racial/ethnic groups, predominantly based in the United States, yet the magnitude of these associations differs across outcomes. Demographic and methodological characteristics somewhat moderate these associations.
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