Migrant Background Youth and Hazardous Drinking: Drinking to Fit Into Australian Society?

IF 2.9 3区医学 Q2 SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Drug and alcohol review Pub Date : 2026-09-22 DOI:10.1111/dar.70268

Caroline Ng Tseung-Wong, Justine Dandy, Amanda M. George

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Abstract

Introduction

In this study, we proposed that migrant youth might have acculturation reasons to drink alcohol and explored the role of acculturative gap conflict and perceived drinking culture in predicting hazardous drinking. We examined proximal acculturation reasons for drinking in terms of drinking to fit into Australian culture and drinking to cope with parental/community expectations.

Methods

We conducted an online survey with 470 participants (age range 18–25 years). Data from those who reported having tried alcohol (n = 383; 65% female, 71% born in Australia) were analysed. We grouped participants under those who came from similar alcohol consumption environments to Australia and those who did not.

Results

Using hierarchical logistic regression, we found that predictors of hazardous alcohol use included motives for drinking (coping—OR = 2.28, 95% CI [1.57, 3.32], p < 0.001; enhancement—OR = 2.22, 95% CI [1.50, 3.29], p < 0.001) and drinking to fit in (OR = 1.47, 95% CI [1.04, 2.08], p = 0.028). Those who came from similar drinking environments as Australia had increased odds of drinking at hazardous levels compared to those who came from dissimilar drinking environments (OR = 0.44, 95% CI [0.23, 0.83], p = 0.011). The model correctly classified three-quarters of both non-hazardous and hazardous drinkers and demonstrated good discriminant validity (AUC = 0.845).

Discussion and Conclusions

Besides coping and enhancement drinking motives, drinking to fit in was a significant predictor of hazardous drinking. This highlights the importance of looking at proximal acculturation reasons for drinking in migrant youth.

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移民背景的年轻人和危险饮酒：饮酒以适应澳大利亚社会？

在本研究中，我们提出流动青年饮酒可能有文化适应的原因，并探讨了文化差异冲突和感知饮酒文化在预测危险饮酒中的作用。我们从饮酒以适应澳大利亚文化和饮酒以应对父母/社区期望两方面考察了饮酒的近端文化适应原因。方法：我们对470名参与者（年龄18-25岁）进行了在线调查。分析了报告曾尝试饮酒的人的数据（n = 383, 65%为女性，71%出生在澳大利亚）。我们将参与者分为两组，一组来自与澳大利亚相似的饮酒环境，另一组来自不同的饮酒环境。结果：使用分层逻辑回归，我们发现危险饮酒的预测因素包括饮酒动机（应对- or = 2.28, 95% CI [1.57, 3.32], p）。讨论和结论：除了应对和增强饮酒动机外，饮酒适应是危险饮酒的重要预测因素。这突出了研究移民青年饮酒的近文化适应原因的重要性。

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Drug and alcohol review SUBSTANCE ABUSE-

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