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22-07-2024 | Empirical Research

Sexual Minority Identity and Risky Alcohol Use: the Moderating Role of Aggressive Behavior

Auteurs: Alexa Martin-Storey, Zhenqiang Zhao, Russell B. Toomey, Amy K. Syvertsen

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 1/2025

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Abstract

Adolescent alcohol use has significant consequences for concurrent and longitudinal health and wellbeing, with sexual minority youth consistently reporting higher levels of alcohol use than their heterosexual peers. Understanding how individual-difference variables like aggressive behavior are associated with variability in sexual minority adolescents’ higher levels of alcohol use offers novel theoretical insight into this vulnerability. The 81,509 participants were drawn from the Profiles of Student life: Attitudes and Behavior Study. They were ages 14–17 years (M = 15.38, SD = 1.09) and 50.1% were cisgender girls. For sexual identity, 88% were heterosexual, 5% were mostly heterosexual, were 4% bisexual, were 1% mostly gay or lesbian, and were 1% being gay or lesbian. Participants reported on alcohol use, aggressive behavior, and sexual identity. Gay/lesbian and mostly gay/lesbian adolescents who reported higher aggressive behavior had higher levels of alcohol use than their heterosexual peers who also reported higher aggressive behavior. The way in which aggressive behavior amplified the link between mostly gay/lesbian and gay/lesbian identities and alcohol use suggests the need for more research examining how this trait may heighten both exposure and reaction to minority stressors among some subgroups of sexual minority youth.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Sexual Minority Identity and Risky Alcohol Use: the Moderating Role of Aggressive Behavior
Auteurs
Alexa Martin-Storey
Zhenqiang Zhao
Russell B. Toomey
Amy K. Syvertsen
Publicatiedatum
22-07-2024
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 1/2025
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-024-02057-9