Hazardous Substance Use Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adults: A Deeper Look Into Distal Minority Stressors

被引：6

作者：

Hinds, Zig ^{[1
]}

Herbitter, Cara ^{[2
,3
]}

Bryant, William T. ^{[4
,5
]}

Newberger, Noam G. ^{[1
]}

Livingston, Nicholas A. ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Vet Affairs Boston Healthcare Syst, Natl Ctr PTSD, Behav Sci Div, 150 South Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02130 USA

[2] Vet Affairs Boston Healthcare Syst, Boston, MA USA

[3] Boston Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, Boston, MA 02118 USA

[4] Ralph H Johnson VA Med Ctr, Charleston, SC USA

[5] Med Univ South Carolina, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Columbia, SC USA

来源：

PSYCHOLOGY OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER DIVERSITY | 2024年 / 11卷 / 01期

关键词：

SGM; victimization; sexual assault; drug use; alcohol use; NATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGIC SURVEY; ALCOHOL-USE DISORDERS; DRUG-USE; MENTAL-HEALTH; UNITED-STATES; GAY; TRANSGENDER; ASSAULT; VICTIMIZATION; ORIENTATION;

D O I：

10.1037/sgd0000583

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Discrimination and victimization drive health disparities among sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals, yet little is known about the relative impacts of specific experience types on hazardous substance use. Using data from 704 SGM adults, we examined SGM-related discrimination versus victimization and specific experiences as predictors of hazardous substance use. SGM-related victimization, not discrimination, predicted hazardous substance use, and SGM-related sexual assault and harassment predicted hazardous alcohol use, although only sexual assault predicted hazardous drug use. These findings implicate lifetime SGM-related victimization, and SGM-related sexual assault and harassment specifically, as key correlates of recent hazardous substance use among SGM adults. Public Significance Statement In a sample of sexual and gender minority (SGM) adults, we found that experiencing victimization motivated by a person's SGM identity was connected to hazardous substance use. Results also linked experiencing SGM-related sexual assault and harassment to hazardous alcohol use and SGM-related sexual assault to hazardous drug use. These findings highlight the connection between sexual assault and harassment to hazardous substance use and underscore the need for further research and intervention development.

引用

页码：105 / 112

页数：8

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