TY - JOUR
T1 - Moderating Role of Healthcare Disruptions on Friend and Family Pandemic-Related Negative Life Events Predicting Latines’ Anxiety and Alcohol Use Over Time
AU - the Spit for Science Working Group
AU - Moreno, Oswaldo
AU - Williams, Chelsea Derlan
AU - Muñoz, Geovani
AU - Elias, María de Jesús
AU - Santana, Arlenis
AU - Fuentes, Lisa
AU - Garcia-Rodriguez, Isis
AU - Hernandez, Cindy
AU - Hood, Kristina
AU - Johnson, Kaprea F.
AU - Montemayor, Benjamin N.
AU - Chartier, Karen
AU - Amstadter, Ananda
AU - Gelzinis, Renolda
AU - Lilley, Emily
AU - Bountress, Katie
AU - Adkins, Amy E.
AU - Thomas, Nathaniel
AU - Neale, Zoe
AU - Pedersen, Kimberly
AU - Bannard, Thomas
AU - Cho, Seung B.
AU - Adkins, Amy E.
AU - Pedersen, Kimberly
AU - Barr, Peter
AU - Byers, Holly
AU - Berenz, Erin C.
AU - Caraway, Erin
AU - Cho, Seung B.
AU - Clifford, James S.
AU - Cooke, Megan
AU - Do, Elizabeth
AU - Edwards, Alexis C.
AU - Goyal, Neeru
AU - Hack, Laura M.
AU - Halberstadt, Lisa J.
AU - Hawn, Sage
AU - Kuo, Sally
AU - Lasko, Emily
AU - Lend, Jennifer
AU - Lind, Mackenzie
AU - Long, Elizabeth
AU - Martelli, Alexandra
AU - Meyers, Jacquelyn L.
AU - Mitchell, Kerry
AU - Moore, Ashlee
AU - Moscati, Arden
AU - Nasim, Aashir
AU - Neale, Zoe
AU - Su, Jinni
N1 - Funding Information:
Spit for Science has been supported by the Virginia Commonwealth University; P20 AA017828, R37AA011408, K02AA018755, P50 AA022537, and K01AA024152 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; and UL1RR031990 from the National Center for Research Resources and National Institutes of Health Roadmap for Medical Research. This research was also supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U54DA036105 and the Center for Tobacco Products of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the views of the NIH or the FDA. Data from this study are available to qualified researchers via dbGaP (phs001754.v2.p1). We would like to thank Dr. Danielle Dick for founding and directing the Spit for Science Registry from 2011 to 2022 and the Spit for Science participants for making this study a success, as well as the many University faculty, students, and staff who contributed to the design and implementation of the project. We would also like to acknowledge the COVID-19 Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color (BIPOC) Student Experiences Working Group.
Funding Information:
Jasmin Vassileva, Danielle M Dick, and Ananda B. Amstadter are senior authors responsible for funding and overarching program direction for Spit for Science COVID-19-related research.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The Latine community has experienced a disproportionate amount of pandemic-related negative life events during the COVID-19 pandemic. The current study, therefore, adopted a contextual and environmental lens to understand the moderating role of healthcare disruptions on friend and family pandemic-related negative life events (e.g., PRNLE) predicting anxiety and alcohol use over time. The current study was part of a more extensive longitudinal study on students’ genetic and environmental experiences. Findings indicated that among Latines who experienced more significant healthcare disruptions, increased family PRNLE predicted greater alcohol use but not anxiety over time. Additionally, friend PRNLE did not significantly predict alcohol or anxiety with high or low healthcare disruptions present. Our findings suggest that Latines may rely on the family to navigate their concerns and mitigate the PRNLE when experiencing healthcare disruptions. Therefore, clinical and policy implications are discussed to reduce alcohol-related inequalities during the ongoing global pandemic.
AB - The Latine community has experienced a disproportionate amount of pandemic-related negative life events during the COVID-19 pandemic. The current study, therefore, adopted a contextual and environmental lens to understand the moderating role of healthcare disruptions on friend and family pandemic-related negative life events (e.g., PRNLE) predicting anxiety and alcohol use over time. The current study was part of a more extensive longitudinal study on students’ genetic and environmental experiences. Findings indicated that among Latines who experienced more significant healthcare disruptions, increased family PRNLE predicted greater alcohol use but not anxiety over time. Additionally, friend PRNLE did not significantly predict alcohol or anxiety with high or low healthcare disruptions present. Our findings suggest that Latines may rely on the family to navigate their concerns and mitigate the PRNLE when experiencing healthcare disruptions. Therefore, clinical and policy implications are discussed to reduce alcohol-related inequalities during the ongoing global pandemic.
KW - Alcohol use
KW - Anxiety
KW - COVID-19 pandemic
KW - Healthcare disruptions
KW - Latine
KW - Negative life events
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85143772644&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85143772644&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11469-022-00853-7
DO - 10.1007/s11469-022-00853-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85143772644
SN - 1557-1874
JO - International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
JF - International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
ER -