Asian American Women and Alcohol-Related Problems: The Role of Multidimensional Feminine Norms

摘要: Increasing rates of heavy episodic drinking (HED; four or more drinks in one sitting) and alcohol use disorders among young adult Asian American women signify the need to identify risk protective factors for HED alcohol-related problems this demographic. Multidimensional feminine norms, beliefs expectations what it means be a woman, are theoretically relevant that may help elucidate within-group variability problems. The present study examined associations between nine salient HED, 398 second-generation college women. Our findings reveal certain norms problems, while others factors, even when controlling well-established correlates such as perceived peer norms. results importance multidimensional their relationship increasingly at-risk group,