@article{ref1,
title="Similarities and differences in alcohol trajectories: testing the catch-up effect among biracial Black subgroups",
journal="Addictive behaviors",
year="2016",
author="Goings, Trenette Clark and Hidalgo, Sebastian J. Teran and McGovern, Tricia",
volume="60",
number="",
pages="13-17",
abstract="Using National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent and Adult Health (Add Health) data, we examine the alcohol-use trajectories of monoracial Black youth and biracial Black-White, Black-Hispanic, and Black-American Indian youth to assess how their trajectories differ from the alcohol-use trajectories of White youth over time. The sample consists of 9421 adolescents and young adults who self-identified as White, Black, Black-American Indian, Black-Hispanic, or Black-White. Study hypotheses are tested using latent growth curve modeling. <br><br>RESULTS indicate that a catch-up effect exists, but only for Black-American Indians whose alcohol-use rates approach the higher rates of Whites at age 29. Black-American Indians face particularly high risk of problematic drinking over the life course. Additional research is needed to understand causal factors of alcohol-use among biracial individuals particularly Black-American Indians who may be at higher risk for alcohol misuse.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-4603",
doi="10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.03.013",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.03.013"
}