@article{ref1,
title="Racial identity, discrimination, and polysubstance use: examining culturally  relevant correlates of substance use profiles among Black young adults",
journal="Psychology of addictive behaviors",
year="2020",
author="Banks, Devin E. and Clifton, Richelle L. and Wheeler, Paris B.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: Among Black Americans, young adulthood marks an important developmental  period for the initiation of problematic substance use and related health  disparities. Unique cultural factors, such as discrimination and racial identity,  influence substance use during this period, but it is unknown whether they influence  more severe patterns such as polysubstance use. The current study identifies  prototypical patterns of substance use among Black young adults and examines whether  cultural factors are associated with those patterns. <br><br>DESIGN: The current study used  latent class analysis to characterize prototypical substance use among a  community-based sample of Black young adults (N = 147). Culturally relevant  correlates of substance use classes (i.e., perceived discrimination and racial  identity) were examined in univariate and multivariate models. <br><br>RESULTS: Five  profiles of substance use emerged, including three characterized by polysubstance  use. In univariate models only, racial identity was differentially associated with  membership in classes characterized by co-use of alcohol and cannabis. In both  models, discrimination was significantly associated with membership in a class  characterized by polysubstance use. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Findings suggest a need to integrate  cultural resilience factors into substance use interventions for Black young adults. Helping Black youth build coping skills for discrimination may also confer  resilience against polysubstance use and associated health disparities. (PsycInfo  Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0893-164X",
doi="10.1037/adb0000690",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/adb0000690"
}