OBJECTIVE Neighborhood disadvantage has been documented as a risk factor for problem drinking. The specific aim of this investigation is to test a model of neighborhood disadvantage, psychological distress, and problem drinking in a demographically and socioeconomically diverse sample. METHOD A sample of 618 adults (21-65-year-olds; Mage = 30.80, SD = 9.81; 58% female) who reported drinking alcohol at least once in the past 6 months, completed an online questionnaire with questions about psychological distress (depression, stress, social isolation) and problem drinking (drinking problems, drinking to cope, binge drinking) twice over the course of 6 months. Their data were merged with the American Community Survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau to form an index of neighborhood disadvantage (median income, % residents with less than high school education, % living in poverty, % receiving income assistance). RESULTS A structural equation modeling analysis showed that neighborhood disadvantage was associated with increases in psychological distress during the T1-T2 interval. Psychological distress was also positively associated with problem drinking at both T1 and T2. There was an indirect effect of neighborhood disadvantage on problem drinking through increased psychological distress. However, there was no direct effect of neighborhood disadvantage on problem drinking in this sample. CONCLUSIONS Increased psychological distress may be a key mechanism that links living in disadvantaged neighborhoods and problem drinking. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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邻里的不利条件会增加心理困扰，从而间接影响饮酒问题。

目标 邻里劣势已被记录为饮酒问题的一个危险因素。这项调查的具体目的是在人口和社会经济多样化的样本中测试邻里劣势、心理困扰和饮酒问题的模型。方法 618 名成年人（21-65 岁；Mage = 30.80，SD = 9.81；58% 女性）为样本，他们报告在过去 6 个月内至少饮酒过一次，完成了一份在线调查问卷，其中包含有关心理困扰的问题（抑郁、压力、社交孤立）和饮酒问题（饮酒问题、饮酒应对、酗酒）在 6 个月内两次。他们的数据与美国人口普查局的美国社区调查数据合并，形成社区劣势指数（中位收入、高中以下教育程度的居民百分比、生活贫困百分比、接受收入援助百分比）。结果结构方程模型分析表明，邻里劣势与 T1-T2 期间心理困扰的增加有关。心理困扰也与 T1 和 T2 的饮酒问题呈正相关。邻里劣势通过增加心理困扰对酗酒问题产生间接影响。然而，在这个样本中，邻里劣势对饮酒问题没有直接影响。结论 心理困扰的增加可能是将生活在贫困社区与酗酒问题联系起来的一个关键机制。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。