Discrimination from family and substance use for multiracial individuals.
Biracial
Multiracial
Racial discrimination from family
Substance use
Journal
Addictive behaviors
ISSN: 1873-6327
Titre abrégé: Addict Behav
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7603486
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2019
05 2019
Historique:
received:
09
08
2018
revised:
24
10
2018
accepted:
08
01
2019
pubmed:
19
1
2019
medline:
14
7
2020
entrez:
19
1
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Whereas Multiracial people exhibit heightened rates of substance use, existing research has yet to account for why. The current study examines whether Multiracial people's experiences of discrimination from family may explain their substance use behaviors, and furthermore, whether compromised mental health indirectly explains relationships between familial discrimination and substance use. Online cross-sectional survey data was collected from (N = 466) Multiracial participants. Negative binomial regression analysis indicated that discrimination from family predicted drug use above and beyond general discrimination. Results of bootstrapping analysis revealed that the pathway from discrimination from family to drug use is partially explained by anxiety and depressive symptoms. The implications of these findings for addressing heightened rates of substance abuse among the Multiracial population are discussed.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30658257
pii: S0306-4603(18)30896-7
doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.01.008
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
203-207Informations de copyright
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