Alcohol and Alcoholism Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 235-242, 2001
© 2001 Medical Council on Alcoholism
Risk and protective factors related to native Hawaiian adolescent alcohol use
Native Hawaiian Mental Health Research Development Program (NHMHRDP), Department of Psychiatry, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
Received 9 March 2000; first review notified 12 November 2000; accepted 15 December 2000
The present study examined protective and risk factors in the prediction of alcohol use for Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian (i.e. Caucasian, Japanese, Filipino, other) adolescents. Comparable rates of ~25% were found for both the Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian samples regarding sometimes drinking too much alcohol. However, Hawaiians reported a statistically significantly higher rate (3.7%) of taking a drink in the morning to steady my nerves or to get rid of a hangover than non-Hawaiians (1.3%). The reason for this is unknown but might indicate a higher rate of dependent alcohol use. The overall results supported the traditional model of protective and risk factors predicting alcohol use (R2 > 15.0%), with relatively few differences found between the two ethnic groups. Further research is needed in assessing possibly unique cultural variables such as Hawaiian acculturation.
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