ArticleAddictive behaviors2016
Does it really matter which drug you choose? An examination of the influence of type of drug on type of risky sexual behavior.
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- "Your sexuality is yours and yours alone": a reflexive thematic analysis of sexual orientation microaggressions and their impact on LGB emerging adults' sexual health knowledge and attitudes.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Substance Misuse and Condomless Sex Among Transgender Youth.Transgender health · 2022Article
- Geosocial Networking App Use Associated With Sexual Risk Behavior and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men: Cross-sectional Web-Based Survey.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Marijuana Use and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in California.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2021Article
- Examining Same-Day Associations Between Cannabis Use Motives and Condom Use in Urban Emerging Adults: A Brief Report.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2021Article
- Associations between Parent-Child Communication on Sexual Health and Drug Use and Use of Drugs during Sex among Urban Black Youth.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Sex Selling and Sex Purchasing among Adults Seeking Treatment for Cocaine Use Disorder.Substance use & misuse · 2021Article
- Integrating Individual and Contextual Factors to Explain Disparities in HIV/STI Among Heterosexual African American Youth: A Contemporary Literature Review and Social Ecological Model.Archives of sexual behavior · 2020Review
- Age-related associations between substance use and sexual risk behavior among high-risk young African American women in the South.Addictive behaviors · 2019Article
- Does the association between substance use and sexual risk behaviors among high school students vary by sexual identity?Addictive behaviors · 2019Article
- Organizational Context and Individual Adaptability in Promoting Perceived Importance and Use of Best Practices for Substance Use.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2019Article
- Mentoring the next generation of behavioral health scientists to promote health equity.The American journal of orthopsychiatry · 2019Article
- The Role of Pregnancy Concerns in the Relationship between Substance Use and Unprotected Sex among Adolescents.Substance use & misuse · 2019Article
- Perceived importance of substance use prevention in juvenile justice: a multi-level analysis.Health & justice · 2018Article
- Risky Sex in High-Risk Adolescents: Associations with Alcohol Use, Marijuana Use, and Co-Occurring Use.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
- What's the harm? Alcohol and marijuana use and perceived risks of unprotected sex among adolescents and young adults.Addictive behaviors · 2018Article
- Examining factors associated with unprotected sexual behavior among Black Americans postrelease from incarceration in New York City.Journal of offender rehabilitation · 2018Article
- Developmental Patterns of Adolescent Marijuana and Alcohol Use and Their Joint Association with Sexual Risk Behavior and Outcomes in Young Adulthood.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
This study investigates whether certain types of substances are differentially related to certain risky sexual behaviors (RSBs) within the same population and determines whether combination substance use (SU) has additive, redundant or antagonistic effects on RSBs. African-American youth aged 9-19 participated in a large, community-based survey assessing substance use and sexual behaviors. Multilevel modeling was used to predict the differential influence of alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine use on condom use measured in the past 90days and at last intercourse, sex while drunk/high, and number of sexual partners. Tests of the within-participant relations showed that participants increasing their SU over time concurrently increased their RSBs, establishing a strong link between the two behaviors (alcohol: condom β=-0.045, sex while drunk/high β=0.138, sex partners β=0.102; marijuana: condom β=-0.081, sex while drunk/high β=0.255, sex partners β=0.166; cocaine: condom β=-0.091, sex while drunk/high β=0.103, sex partners β=0.031; all p's<0.01). Tests of the between-participant relations showed that, generally, youth reporting less SU across their teenage years were also more likely to report fewer RSBs over this period (alcohol: condom β=-0.128, sex while drunk/high β=0.120, sex partners β=0.169; marijuana: condom β=-0.170, sex while drunk/high β=0.638, sex partners β=0.357; cocaine: condom β=-0.353; all p's<0.05). Moreover, the combination of some substances has unique redundant or antagonistic effects on RSB. Such findings support the consideration of type of SU, and particular combinations of substances, on RSBs in intervention development.
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