Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 4, 2019 17:14:34 GMT 12
RESEARCH EXPLORES FACTORS BEHIND HAZARDOUS DRINKING AMONG MĀORI
The research forms part of an ongoing collaboration between health psychology researchers across Victoria University of Wellington, Brown University in the United States, University of Sydney, and University of Otago. The South Island iwi, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, also made a substantial contribution to guiding and supporting Taylor’s work.
Taylor says researchers suspected that one mechanism leading to higher levels of hazardous drinking could be the stress associated with experiences of discrimination. “So we expected to find a positive association between the experience of racial discrimination and hazardous alcohol use among New Zealand Māori, and in fact perceived experiences of discrimination explained approximately 35 percent of the increased risk of hazardous drinking observed in Māori,” he says.......
www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2019/09/research-explores-factors-behind-hazardous-drinking-among-maori
The research forms part of an ongoing collaboration between health psychology researchers across Victoria University of Wellington, Brown University in the United States, University of Sydney, and University of Otago. The South Island iwi, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, also made a substantial contribution to guiding and supporting Taylor’s work.
Taylor says researchers suspected that one mechanism leading to higher levels of hazardous drinking could be the stress associated with experiences of discrimination. “So we expected to find a positive association between the experience of racial discrimination and hazardous alcohol use among New Zealand Māori, and in fact perceived experiences of discrimination explained approximately 35 percent of the increased risk of hazardous drinking observed in Māori,” he says.......
www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2019/09/research-explores-factors-behind-hazardous-drinking-among-maori