The role of minority stress in second-generation Black emerging adult college students' high-risk drinking behaviors

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 445-455

  Pittman, Delishia M ^a   Kim, Sara Cho ^a   Hunter, Carla D ^b   Obasi, Ezemenari M ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturative stress; Black; Emerging adult college students; High risk drinking behaviors; Second generation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PSYCINFO; RACE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; COLLEGE DRINKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING IN COLLEGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; RISK-TAKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85013127929     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/cdp0000135     Document Type: Article

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