Racial discrimination, binge drinking, and negative drinking consequences among black college students: serial mediation by depressive symptoms and coping motives

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2019, Pages 874-888

  Desalu, Jessica M ^a   Kim, Jueun ^a   Zaso, Michelle J ^a   Corriders, Sydnee R ^a   Loury, Jacoby A ^a   Minter, Monique L ^a   Park, Aesoon ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; black; college students; coping motives; depression; racial discrimination

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; BLACK POPULATION; COPING STRATEGY; DRINKING; MENTAL DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; RACIAL DISPARITY; STUDENT; SYMPTOM;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BINGE DRINKING; COLLEGE DRINKING; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING IN COLLEGE; BINGE DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RACISM; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85029676894     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2017.1380170     Document Type: Article

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