The relationship of microaggressions with alcohol use and anxiety among ethnic minority college students in a historically White institution

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-54

  Blume, Arthur W ^a   Lovato, Laura V ^b   Thyken, Bryan N ^a   Denny, Natasha ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Anxiety; College students of color; Microaggressions; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BINGE DRINKING; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY DRINKING QUESTIONNAIRE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENERAL SELF EFFICACY SCALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; RUTGERS ALCOHOL PROBLEM INDEX; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SITUATIONAL CONFIDENCE QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADOLESCENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANXIETY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861175714     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025457     Document Type: Article

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