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. 2024 Apr-Jun;23(2):201-221.
doi: 10.1080/15332640.2022.2082618. Epub 2022 Jun 4.

Long-term impact of familismo and ethnic identity on latinx college student drinking and high-risk consequences

Katja A Waldron  1 , Erin Wolfe  1 , Alexa Plisiewicz  1 , Robert J Turrisi  1 , Eduardo Romano  2
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Long-term impact of familismo and ethnic identity on latinx college student drinking and high-risk consequences

Katja A Waldron et al. J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2024 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

Familismo, ethnic pride, and ethnic shame were examined as longitudinal predictors of Latinx college student alcohol use and high-risk alcohol-related consequences. Latinx students completed measures during the fall of their first (T1), second (T2), and fourth (T4) year of college. T1 familismo was positively associated with T2 ethnic pride and negatively associated with T2 ethnic shame. T2 ethnic pride was negatively associated with T4 drinking, while T2 ethnic shame was positively associated with T4 drinking. T4 drinking was positively associated with T4 consequences. Results suggest that Latinx ethnic pride and ethnic shame during the second-year of college act as mediators between first-year familismo and fourth-year drinking and consequences.

Keywords: Latinx; alcohol; alcohol consequences; college; ethnic identity; familismo.

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Longitudinal path model for familismo, ethnic pride, ethnic shame, drinking, and consequences Key: familismo (FAM); ethnic pride (PRIDE); ethnic shame (SHAME); daily drinking questionnaire (DDQ); blackouts (BLACK); sexual consequences (SEXUAL); social problems (SOCIAL); impaired control (IMP CO); first year (T1), second year (T2); fourth year (T4); standard error (SE) Note: *Significant non-symmetrical 95% bootstrapped confidence interval
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