Blood is thicker than booze: Examining the role of familism and gender in alcohol use and related consequences among Hispanic college students. Issue 3 (2nd July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: DiBello, Angelo M.; Gonzales, Rubi; Young, Chelsie M.; Rodriguez, Lindsey M.; Neighbors, Clayton
• Is Part Of: Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse. Volume 15:Issue 3(2016)
• Page Start: 310
• Page End: 324
• Publication Date: 2016-07-02
• Subjects: Alcohol abuse -- alcohol use -- culture -- drinking -- Hispanics; Substance abuse -- Periodicals; Minorities -- Substance use -- Periodicals; Ethnicity -- Periodicals; Substance abuse -- United States -- Periodicals; Minorities -- Substance use -- United States -- Periodicals; Ethnicity -- United States -- Periodicals; Substance-Related Disorders -- ethnology -- Periodicals; 362.29089
• DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2015.1044684
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1533-2640

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The present study evaluated cultural, ethnic, and gender differences in drinking and alcohol-related problems among Hispanic students. Familism protects against negative outcomes in Hispanic populations, thus we expected familism to buffer against alcohol problems. Participants ( N = 623; 53% female) completed a battery of measures. Results suggested that familism was protective against drinking. Furthermore, alcohol use mediated the association between familism and alcohol-related problems. In sum, understanding that culture plays an important role in people's behaviors and identifying protective factors is critical to inform culturally sensitive prevention and intervention efforts.