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Stress and Alcohol Intake among Hispanic Adult Immigrants in the U.S. Midwest

Alcohol intake and Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) among recent and very recent Hispanic immigrants are not well characterized, in particular in the context of perceived stress among such groups. The objective of the present study was to shed light on alcohol intake and AUD overall, as well as potential...

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Autores principales: Rodriguez, Jacqueline, Golzarri-Arroyo, Lilian, Rodriguez, Cindy, Maupomé, Gerardo
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9738040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36498318
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192316244
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author Rodriguez, Jacqueline
Golzarri-Arroyo, Lilian
Rodriguez, Cindy
Maupomé, Gerardo
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description Alcohol intake and Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) among recent and very recent Hispanic immigrants are not well characterized, in particular in the context of perceived stress among such groups. The objective of the present study was to shed light on alcohol intake and AUD overall, as well as potential modifications derived from varying levels of stress and socioeconomic status (SES). The study population was immigrants with six or fewer months of having arrived in the American Midwest, and members of their peer networks who had been in the U.S. for 2+ years. We found that AUD and alcohol intake spanned from very high to a considerable proportion who abstained; perceived stress did not have an obvious impact on AUD or alcohol intake. Moreover, neither New vs. Established immigrant statuses, or SES levels, were associated with AUD or alcohol intake. Future research should examine in a more finely-grained approach the components of SES to verify if the complex circumstances of recent immigrants are in fact amenable to SES classification using standard quantification approaches—even using the functional descriptions of the SES surrogates we used.
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spelling pubmed-97380402022-12-11 Stress and Alcohol Intake among Hispanic Adult Immigrants in the U.S. Midwest Rodriguez, Jacqueline Golzarri-Arroyo, Lilian Rodriguez, Cindy Maupomé, Gerardo Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Alcohol intake and Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) among recent and very recent Hispanic immigrants are not well characterized, in particular in the context of perceived stress among such groups. The objective of the present study was to shed light on alcohol intake and AUD overall, as well as potential modifications derived from varying levels of stress and socioeconomic status (SES). The study population was immigrants with six or fewer months of having arrived in the American Midwest, and members of their peer networks who had been in the U.S. for 2+ years. We found that AUD and alcohol intake spanned from very high to a considerable proportion who abstained; perceived stress did not have an obvious impact on AUD or alcohol intake. Moreover, neither New vs. Established immigrant statuses, or SES levels, were associated with AUD or alcohol intake. Future research should examine in a more finely-grained approach the components of SES to verify if the complex circumstances of recent immigrants are in fact amenable to SES classification using standard quantification approaches—even using the functional descriptions of the SES surrogates we used. MDPI 2022-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9738040/ /pubmed/36498318 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192316244 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_full Stress and Alcohol Intake among Hispanic Adult Immigrants in the U.S. Midwest
title_fullStr Stress and Alcohol Intake among Hispanic Adult Immigrants in the U.S. Midwest
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title_short Stress and Alcohol Intake among Hispanic Adult Immigrants in the U.S. Midwest
title_sort stress and alcohol intake among hispanic adult immigrants in the u.s. midwest
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9738040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36498318
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192316244
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