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Understanding the relationship between alcohol and sex: Latino and white college students and problematic sexual
Beth Bourdeau1, Robert Saltz, Melina Bersamin
1Prevention Research Center, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA. bbourdeau@prev.org
Objectives:
The authors examined whether the relationship between alcohol expectancies and sexual experiences while drinking differed between Latino and white college students.
Participants:
The authors considered students if they were white or Latino, unmarried, aged 18-25 years, reported any drinking, and had at least 1 sexual partner in the present school year.
Methods:
The investigators collected surveys from a random sample of 13,868 undergraduate students from the 14 California public university campuses. They used tests of group differences and hierarchical multiple regressions.
Results:
Social-facilitation alcohol expectancies were associated with the total number of different alcohol-related sexual experiences among Latino students. Neither social facilitation nor sexual-enhancement alcohol expectancies were differentially predictive of white or Latino students' frequency of sexual experiences.
Conclusions:
Additional research is necessary to determine whether concepts targeted by alcohol prevention programs operate in a differential manner for Latino students.
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