Citation

Des Rosiers SE, Schwartz SJ, Zamboanga BL, Ham LS, Huang S. J. Clin. Psychol. (Hoboken) 2013; 69(4): 319-340.

Affiliation

University of Miami.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jclp.21859

PMID

22638840

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The present study used a cultural and social cognitive conceptual framework to investigate whether alcohol expectancies and valuations would mediate the associations between specific acculturation orientations and alcohol-related risk behaviors. DESIGN: The sample comprised 1,527 Hispanic students attending colleges and universities in diverse regions of the United States. Respondents completed self-report measures of Hispanic and American cultural practices; alcohol expectancies and valuations; and self-reported frequency of hazardous alcohol use, binge drinking, sexual activity under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence of alcohol, and riding with a drunk driver. Latent class analysis was used to classify participants into acculturation orientations. RESULTS: Results indicated that acculturation orientations were differentially associated with alcohol-related risk outcomes, with separated bicultural and low bicultural orientations inversely related to all of the alcohol-related risk behaviors except for riding with a drunk driver. Negative expectancy valuations were positively associated with endorsement of binge drinking and drunk driving and negative expectancies were negatively associated with binge drinking, drunk driving, and riding with a drunk driver. With the exception of sexual activity under the influence of alcohol, the associations between acculturation orientations and alcohol-related risk behaviors were partially mediated by positive alcohol expectancies. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings provided relevant data that are informative for preventing alcohol and related risk behaviors among Hispanic college students.

Language: en