# Examining associations between minority-related stressors and alcohol use among Latinx college students

> **NIH NIH F31** · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · 2021 · $41,593

## Abstract

Abstract
College student risky drinking continues to be a significant public health concern in the U.S. and a priority
area within NIAAA. Considerable research has examined how stressors, motives, and norms are
associated with college drinking, but limited theory-driven published reports examine whether any of the
effects generalize to Latinx students. This is highly concerning because college campuses in the U.S. are
becoming increasingly diverse with the percentage of Latinx students having increased to 18% in 2016.
Although Latinx students typically make up a small percentage of students at Predominantly White
Institutions (PWIs; e.g., 6-8%), cumulatively they represent the majority of all Latinx students in higher
education. Latinx students attending PWIs experience greater minority-related stress, which is
associated with risky alcohol use. Before an effective drinking intervention can be administered to Latinx
students at PWIs, research must be conducted to understand how different minority-related stressors
they experience at college contribute to risky drinking. Minority-related stressors that Latinx students
experience in college at the environmental, interpersonal, and systemic level in relation to risky drinking
have not been examined using intensive longitudinal methods. There is also currently no understanding
of how minority-related stressors experienced in college interact with factors known to influence college
drinking (e.g., motives, norms, sex, Latinx subgroup). Examining both between- and within-person
associations of risky drinking and minority stressors in college have the potential to provide the
information needed to significantly inform tailored intervention efforts for Latinx students. The goal of
this NRSA research is to understand risk factors that influence risky drinking and consequences for
Latinx college students. The proposed study employs a rigorous longitudinal daily diary design with
Latinx college students attending a PWI to test the following: Aim 1 examines novel theoretical
associations between minority-related stressors experienced at college (environmental, interpersonal,
systemic) and risky drinking; and Aim 2 examines factors associated with college drinking (motives,
norms, sex, Latinx subgroup) as moderators in the relationships between minority-related stressors at
college and risky alcohol use.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10312195
- **Project number:** 1F31AA029299-01A1
- **Recipient organization:** PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE
- **Principal Investigator:** Katja Anne Waldron
- **Activity code:** F31 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $41,593
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-07-01 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10312195

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10312195, Examining associations between minority-related stressors and alcohol use among Latinx college students (1F31AA029299-01A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10312195. Licensed CC0.

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