Chunk #45 — Explanations for Greater Negative Social Consequences of Alcohol Use among African Americans Compared to European Americans — Environmental Influences — Racial discrimination
more individual experiences with racism may be more vigilant in avoiding substances that are readily connected to the negative stereotypes attributed to African Americans. Discrepancies in findings concerning the influence of racial discrimination on drinking among African Americans may also be due to the inclusion or exclusion of other covarying factors associated with drinking, such as racial identity, religiosity, and level of distress (e.g., Gibbons et al., 2010; Kwate et al., 2003; Mulia et al., 2008; Stock et al., 2011)
