ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2017
Trajectories of alcohol, marijuana, and illicit drug use in a diverse sample of young men who have sex with men.
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- Intimate Partner Violence and Illicit Substance Use Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: The Protective Role of Cognitive Reappraisal.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2021Article
- Age of Occurrence and Severity of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Impacts on Health Outcomes in Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Women.Journal of sex research · 2021Article
- Decrease in prevalence but increase in frequency of non-marijuana drug use following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in a large cohort of young men who have sex with men and young transgender women.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- Condom-Associated Erectile Function, But Not Other Domains of Sexual Functioning, Predicts Condomless Insertive Anal Sex Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men.Archives of sexual behavior · 2020Article
- Substance use and misuse among sexual and gender minority youth.Current opinion in psychology · 2019Review
- Effects of victimization on mental health and substance use trajectories in young sexual minority men.Development and psychopathology · 2019Article
- Engaging Young Men in the HIV Prevention and Care Continua: Experiences From Young Men of Color Who Have Sex With Men.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2019Article
- Historical and Developmental Changes in Condom Use Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men Using a Multiple-Cohort, Accelerated Longitudinal Design.Archives of sexual behavior · 2019Article
- Not getting high with a little help from your friends: Social versus drug network correlates of marijuana use among YMSM.Addictive behaviors · 2019Article
- Stigma on the Streets, Dissatisfaction in the Sheets: Is Minority Stress Associated with Decreased Sexual Functioning Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men?The journal of sexual medicine · 2019Article
- Risk and Protective Factors for Substance Use among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: A Scoping Review.Current addiction reports · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionCross-sectional research has found that young men who have sex with men (YMSM) are more likely to engage in heavy drinking and to have higher rates of marijuana and other illicit drug use compared to their heterosexual peers, but considerably less is known about their patterns of substance use over time.
methodsIn this study, we combined two longitudinal samples of racially diverse YMSM (N=552) and modeled their substance use trajectories from late-adolescence to young adulthood, including their frequency of alcohol use, frequency of marijuana use, and poly-drug use, using piecewise latent curve growth modeling to model change from ages 17-21 and change from ages 22-24.
resultsWe found that all three substance use behaviors increased linearly over the adolescent-to-adult transition. The trajectories for all three substance use behaviors were significantly correlated from ages 17-21. Black YMSM had significantly lower growth from ages 17-21 in alcohol, marijuana, and poly-drug use compared to White YMSM. Hispanic/Latino YMSM had significantly higher growth from ages 22-24 in alcohol use but significantly lower growth in poly-drug use compared to White YMSM. YMSM with higher alcohol frequency slopes and YMSM with higher marijuana use slopes were more likely to have alcohol-related and marijuana-related problems, respectively, at the last wave of the study.
conclusionsThe results of the present study suggest that the transition from adolescence to adulthood for YMSM is a time of increasing and co-varying substance use and may be a critical period for substance use behaviors to grow into substance use problems.
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