Educational Attainment and Alcohol Use Among Latino Emerging Adults

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar S. Escobar ◽  
Ellen L. Vaughan
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Emerging Adults

Alcohol Use in Emerging Adults Associated with Lower Rich-Club Connectivity and Greater Connectome Network Disorganization

2021 ◽  
pp. 109198
Author(s):  
Jessica P.Y. Hua ◽  
Siemon C. de Lange ◽  
Martijn P. van den Heuvel ◽  
Cassandra L. Boness ◽  
Constantine J. Trela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Rich Club

Racial Discrimination and Trajectories of Problematic Alcohol Use Among African American Emerging Adults: The Role of Organizational Religious Involvement

2021 ◽  
pp. 109019812110516
Author(s):  
Danielle R. Busby ◽  
Meredith O. Hope ◽  
Daniel B. Lee ◽  
Justin E. Heinze ◽  
Marc A. Zimmerman
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Religious Involvement ◽  
Problematic Alcohol ◽  
Stable Class ◽  
Problematic Alcohol Use

Racial discrimination jeopardizes a wide range of health behaviors for African Americans. Numerous studies demonstrate significant negative associations between racial discrimination and problematic alcohol use among African Americans. Culturally specific contexts (e.g., organized religious involvement) often function protectively against racial discrimination’s adverse effects for many African Americans. Yet organized religious involvement may affect the degree to which racial discrimination increases problematic alcohol use resulting in various alcohol use trajectories. These links remain understudied in emerging adulthood marked by when individuals transition from adolescence to early adult roles and responsibilities. We use data from 496 African American emerging adults from the Flint Adolescent Study (FAS) to (a) identify multiple and distinct alcohol use trajectories and (b) examine organizational religious involvement’s protective role. Three trajectory classes were identified: the high/stable, (20.76% of sample; n = 103); moderate/stable, (39.52% of sample; n = 196); and low/rising, (39.72% of the sample; n = 197). After controlling for sex, educational attainment, and general stress, the interaction between racial discrimination and organized religious involvement did not influence the likelihood of classifying into the moderate/stable class or the low/rising class, compared with the high/stable class. These results suggest organized religious involvement counteracts, but does not buffer racial discrimination’s effects on problematic alcohol use. Findings emphasize the critical need for culturally sensitive prevention efforts incorporating organized religious involvement for African American emerging adults exposed to racial discrimination. These prevention efforts may lessen the role of racial discrimination on health disparities related to alcohol use.

scholarly journals Intertemporal Choice Behavior in Emerging Adults and Adults: Effects of Age Interact with Alcohol Use and Family History Status

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher T. Smith ◽  
Eleanor A. Steel ◽  
Michael H. Parrish ◽  
Mary K. Kelm ◽  
Charlotte A. Boettiger
Keyword(s):  
Family History ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Choice Behavior ◽  
Intertemporal Choice

scholarly journals Educational attainment impacts drinking behaviors and risk for alcohol dependence: results from a two-sample Mendelian randomization study with ~780,000 participants

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel B. Rosoff ◽  
Toni-Kim Clarke ◽  
Mark J. Adams ◽  
Andrew M. McIntosh ◽  
George Davey Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Alcohol Dependence ◽  
Mendelian Randomization ◽  
Association Studies ◽  
Significant Snps ◽  
Genome Wide Association Studies ◽  
Reverse Causality ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
Genetic Instruments

Abstract Observational studies suggest that lower educational attainment (EA) may be associated with risky alcohol use behaviors; however, these findings may be biased by confounding and reverse causality. We performed two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) using summary statistics from recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) with >780,000 participants to assess the causal effects of EA on alcohol use behaviors and alcohol dependence (AD). Fifty-three independent genome-wide significant SNPs previously associated with EA were tested for association with alcohol use behaviors. We show that while genetic instruments associated with increased EA are not associated with total amount of weekly drinks, they are associated with reduced frequency of binge drinking ≥6 drinks (ßIVW = −0.198, 95% CI, −0.297 to –0.099, PIVW = 9.14 × 10−5), reduced total drinks consumed per drinking day (ßIVW = −0.207, 95% CI, −0.293 to –0.120, PIVW = 2.87 × 10−6), as well as lower weekly distilled spirits intake (ßIVW = −0.148, 95% CI, −0.188 to –0.107, PIVW = 6.24 × 10−13). Conversely, genetic instruments for increased EA were associated with increased alcohol intake frequency (ßIVW = 0.331, 95% CI, 0.267–0.396, PIVW = 4.62 × 10−24), and increased weekly white wine (ßIVW = 0.199, 95% CI, 0.159–0.238, PIVW = 7.96 × 10−23) and red wine intake (ßIVW = 0.204, 95% CI, 0.161–0.248, PIVW = 6.67 × 10−20). Genetic instruments associated with increased EA reduced AD risk: an additional 3.61 years schooling reduced the risk by ~50% (ORIVW = 0.508, 95% CI, 0.315–0.819, PIVW = 5.52 × 10−3). Consistency of results across complementary MR methods accommodating different assumptions about genetic pleiotropy strengthened causal inference. Our findings suggest EA may have important effects on alcohol consumption patterns and may provide potential mechanisms explaining reported associations between EA and adverse health outcomes.

Childhood Maltreatment, Alcohol Use Disorders, and Treatment Utilization in a National Sample of Emerging Adults

2013 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abby L. Goldstein ◽  
Christine A. Henriksen ◽  
Danielle M. Davidov ◽  
Melissa Kimber ◽  
Nicole Y. Pitre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Childhood Maltreatment ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorders ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Treatment Utilization
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