Mechanisms by which gender norms influence drinking behavior among minoritized populations

The current project had two broad goals: to improve the understanding of risk processes positioning minoritized populations for elevated rates of AUD and other alcohol-related consequences; and to examine whether Latinx-specific gender norms influence the disproportionate experience of alcohol-related problems among Latinx individuals and Latino men specifically. The current project consisted of a two-week ecological momentary assessment (EMA) protocol with Latinx and non-Latinx Black participants. Adherence to mainstream U.S. and Latinx-specific gender norms were assessed at baseline; daily and momentary mood, drinking motives, and alcohol outcomes were measured via prompts completed on a smartphone app. Multi-level models tested whether gender moderated the impact of momentary mood and/or motives on alcohol outcomes as well as whether adherence to gender norms moderated the influence of momentary mood and/or motives. An integrative data analysis pooled data across these samples to test a) cultural construct validity of measures of gender norm adherence and b) differences in the predictive ability of gender norms between and within Black, Latinx, and White samples. The current project advances the understanding of associations between mood, drinking motives, and alcohol outcomes among Black and Latinx populations, as well as the extent to which individual differences in culture-specific gender norms account for discrepant outcomes and provides the first EMA study of these associations using Latinx-specific norms and in a Latinx sample.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Missouri--Columbia

Year dc:date.issued

2025

Author dc:creator

• Warner, Olivia Michelle

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• McCarthy, Denis

Language dc:language.iso

eng, English

DOI

https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/110298

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:mospace.umsystem.edu:10355/110298