2023
The role of culture in the association between racial discrimination and alcohol use among North American Indigenous adolescents reporting recent drinking
Schick M, Nalven T, Egan A, Spillane N. The role of culture in the association between racial discrimination and alcohol use among North American Indigenous adolescents reporting recent drinking. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2023, 47: 1109-1118. PMID: 37095073, PMCID: PMC10289135, DOI: 10.1111/acer.15088.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNorth American IndigenousNorth American Indigenous adolescentsAlcohol useStudy 1Study 2Associated with greater alcohol useNorth American Indigenous youthRacial discriminationMeasures of racial discriminationSelf-report measuresGreater alcohol useExperiences of racial discriminationReduce racial discriminationCultural affiliationIdentified alcohol useRecent drinkingBivariate correlationsAlcohol consumptionAdolescentsAlcoholAmerican IndigenousPositive associationIndigenous adolescentsDiscriminationYouth
2021
Testing the Competing Life Reinforcers Model for Substance Use in Reserve-Dwelling First Nation Youth
Spillane N, Schick M, Nalven T, Goldstein S, Kirk-Provencher K, Hill D, Kahler C. Testing the Competing Life Reinforcers Model for Substance Use in Reserve-Dwelling First Nation Youth. American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry 2021, 91: 477-486. PMID: 34338542, PMCID: PMC8594143, DOI: 10.1037/ort0000543.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNorth American IndigenousAssociated with lower likelihoodSubstance useAdolescent substance useMarijuana useLow likelihoodAssociated with reduced likelihoodSubstance misuseMonth marijuana useFirst Nations reserve communitiesAdolescent alcoholAmerican IndigenousNation's youthFirst Nations youthReservation communitiesCultural reinforcementMonthsExtracurricular activitiesPerceived availabilityDrunkCommunityDrinkingFormative workUseGreater values