Racial Differences in the Effects of Age of Onset on Alcohol Consumption and Development of Alcohol-Related Problems Among Males from Mid-Adolescence to Young Adulthood
- 26 March 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse
- Vol. 6 (1), 1-13
- https://doi.org/10.1300/j233v06n01_01
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of race and sixth-grade alcohol use onset status (yes vs. no) on 8th grade intensity of alcohol use, number of post-high school drinking days, number of drinks per post-high school drinking day, and the development of lifetime alcohol-related problems in a sample of African American and White non-Hispanic males. MANOVA results indicated that African Americans had lower levels of alcohol use in both adolescence and young adulthood, and developed fewer alcohol-related problems. Furthermore, onset of alcohol use before sixth grade appeared to have a stronger effect among African Americans than among their White non-Hispanic peers on 8th grade intensity of alcohol use, the number of drinks consumed per drinking day in young adulthood, and the development of alcohol-related problems in young adulthood.Keywords
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