As racial disparities in exposure to CPA, alcohol use, and alcohol use disorder (AUD) have been found between EA and AA cohorts (Grant et al., 2012; Hawkins et al., 2010; Sedlak et al., 2010), our second goal is to investigate whether the associations between CPA endorsement and AUD differ by race/ethnicity. In the majority of epidemiological investigations, AA children and adolescents experienced significantly higher rates of physical abuse than those in other racial groups, but lower rates of early alcohol use and AUD (Deater-Deckard, Pettit, Lansford, Dodge, & Bates, 2003; Hawkins et al., 2010; Sedlak et al., 2010; Zolotor, Theodore, Chang, Berkoff, & Runyan, 2008). Not all study findings have been consistent, with at least one report of significantly higher rates of CPA in EA than AA adolescents (Finkelhor, Ormrod, Turner, & Hamby, 2005). Methodological differences such as question type (i.e. trauma checklist vs behavioral assessment), time period assessed, nature of the sample (e.g. general population, adult, or college) and inclusion of spanking as physical abuse may account for these differences. Furthermore, trauma exposure is associated with elevated risk for
