Predicting the Onset of Alcohol Use and the Development of Alcohol Use Disorder Among Indigenous Adolescents | Zendy

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Predicting the Onset of Alcohol Use and the Development of Alcohol Use Disorder Among Indigenous Adolescents

Author(s) -

Armenta Brian E.,

Sittner Kelley J.,

Whitbeck Les B.

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

child development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103

H-Index - 257

eISSN - 1467-8624

pISSN - 0009-3920

DOI - 10.1111/cdev.12506

Subject(s) - indigenous , psychology , alcohol , longitudinal study , alcohol use disorder , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , peer group , suicide prevention , poison control , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , environmental health , medicine , ecology , biochemistry , chemistry , pathology , biology

Empirical efforts to identify the predictors of drinking behavior among North American Indigenous adolescents are relatively limited. Using longitudinal data, this study considers perceived discrimination, positive drinker prototypes, and peer drinking behavior as risk factors for the onset of alcohol use and development of an alcohol use disorder among 674 Indigenous adolescents as they progressed from early to late adolescence ( M age at baseline = 11.11, SD = 0.83). Results showed that positive drinker prototypes and associations with peers who drink increased the risk for the onset of drinking, while perceived discrimination and associations with peers who drink increased the risk for the development of an alcohol use disorder. The theoretical and practical implications of our results are discussed.

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