American Indian Adolescent Alcohol Involvement and Ethnic Identification

Structural equation modeling (SEM) techniques were used to explore the relationship between American Indian ethnic identification and alcohol involvement. The subject pool was comprised of 202 American Indian adolescents (114 females, 88 males). Measures of ethnic identity, frequency and style of al...

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Published in:Substance use & misuse 1997-01, Vol.32 (14), p.2013-2031
Main Authors: Bates, Scott C., Beauvais, Fred, Trimble, Joseph E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior - psychology
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Alcohol consumption
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol involvement
Alcoholism
American Indian
American Indian people
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Ethnic Groups - psychology
Ethnic identification
Ethnic identity
Factors
Female
Humans
Indians, North American - psychology
Male
Medical sciences
Psychology, Adolescent
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Sex Distribution
Social Identification
United States - epidemiology
Young people
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Summary:Structural equation modeling (SEM) techniques were used to explore the relationship between American Indian ethnic identification and alcohol involvement. The subject pool was comprised of 202 American Indian adolescents (114 females, 88 males). Measures of ethnic identity, frequency and style of alcohol use, peer alcohol associations, and family sanctions against alcohol were obtained through survey research. Results of the model analysis revealed that while peer alcohol associations significantly predicted alcohol involvement for both males and females, and family sanctions against alcohol were predictive for the females in the sample, ethnic identity did not predict alcohol involvement, directly or indirectly, for either males nor females. Results are discussed in terms of past theoretical explanations of American Indian youth involvement with alcohol.
ISSN:1082-6084
1532-2491
DOI:10.3109/10826089709035617