Citation

Choi Y, Harachi TW, Gillmore MR, Catalano RF. Am. J. Orthopsychiatry 2006; 76(1): 86-97.

Affiliation

School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US. yoonsun@uchicago.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Publisher Wiley Blackwell)

DOI

10.1037/0002-9432.76.1.86

PMID

16569131

PMCID

PMC3292211

Abstract

Rates and patterns of substance use and violent behaviors among multiracial adolescents were examined and compared with 3 monoracial groups, European, African, and Asian Americans. The relationships between ethnic identity and the subjective experience of racial discrimination, substance use, and violent behavior were also examined. The authors found multiracial adolescents reporting higher rates of problem behaviors. Several significant relationships between ethnic identity and racial discrimination were found with these problem behaviors.