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

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
• familismo
• ethnic identity
• college
• alcohol
• alcohol consequences

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism under Grants R01AA12529 [PI: Robert Turrisi]; F31AA029299 [PI: Katja Waldron]; and the National Institute on Drug Abuse under Grant T32 DA017629 [PIs: Jennifer Maggs & Stephanie Lanza].