Asian American Problem Drinking Trajectories During the Transition to Adulthood

Ethnic Drinking Cultures and Neighborhood Contexts

Bibliographic Data

ID11028501
AuthorsWon Kim Cook (0000-0002-0390-297X, All authors are with the Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Emeryville, CA. Camillia Lui is also with the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.), Katherine J Karriker-Jaffe (All authors are with the Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Emeryville, CA. Camillia Lui is also with the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.), Katherine J Karriker‐jaffe (0000-0002-2019-0222, Alcohol Research Group), Jason Bond (All authors are with the Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Emeryville, CA. Camillia Lui is also with the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.), Camillia Lui (All authors are with the Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Emeryville, CA. Camillia Lui is also with the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.), Camillia K Lui (0000-0001-9349-4772, Alcohol Research Group)
Year2015
Volume105
Issue5
Pages1020-1027
Publication date2015-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2014.302196
PMID25393183
PMCIDPMC4386507
OpenAlexW2083693096
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited85

Objectives. We aimed to identify problem drinking trajectories and their predictors among Asian Americans transitioning from adolescence to adulthood. We considered cultural and socioeconomic contextual factors, specifically ethnic drinking cultures, neighborhood socioeconomic status, and neighborhood coethnic density, to identify subgroups at high risk for developing problematic drinking trajectories. Methods. We used a sample of 1333 Asian Americans from 4 waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (1994–2008) in growth mixture models to identify trajectory classes of frequent heavy episodic drinking and drunkenness. We fitted multinomial logistic regression models to identify predictors of trajectory class membership. Results. Two dimensions of ethnic drinking culture—drinking prevalence and detrimental drinking pattern in the country of origin—were predictive of problematic heavy episodic drinking and drunkenness trajectories. Higher neighborhood socioeconomic status in adolescence was predictive of the trajectory class indicating increasing frequency of drunkenness. Neighborhood coethnic density was not predictive of trajectory class membership. Conclusions. Drinking cultures in the country of origin may have enduring effects on drinking among Asian Americans. Further research on ethnic drinking cultures in the United States is warranted for prevention and intervention

Environmental health · Ethnic group · Injury prevention · Logistic regression · Longitudinal study · Multinomial logistic regression · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Population · Social class · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Demography · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · Gerontology

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