ArticleAddictive behaviors2018
What's the harm? Alcohol and marijuana use and perceived risks of unprotected sex among adolescents and young adults.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Unmarried Sri Lankan youth: sexual behaviour and contraceptive use.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2022Article
- Daily Marijuana Use Predicts HIV Seroconversion Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Women in Atlanta, GA.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- Determinants of sexual exposure to HIV in Portuguese and Brazilian adolescents: a path analysis.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2022Article
- Exploring the impact of a transdiagnostic cognitive behavioural therapy-based intervention on a group of Malaysian adolescents with problematic drug use and emotional problems.Addictive behaviors reports · 2021Article
- 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
- Differential typologies of current substance use among Black and White high-school adolescents: A latent class analysis.Addictive behaviors · 2020Article
- The Role of Pregnancy Concerns in the Relationship between Substance Use and Unprotected Sex among Adolescents.Substance use & misuse · 2019Article
- Marijuana use among adolescent multiple tobacco product users and unique risks of dual tobacco and marijuana use.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Article
- Condom and Substance Use at Last Sex: Differences between MSMO and MSWO High School Youth.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- The Impact of Traumatic Experiences on Risky Sexual Behaviors in Black and White Young Adult Women.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
The link between substance use and risky sexual behavior, particularly unprotected sex, among adolescents and young adults has been well established in the literature; however, less is known regarding how different patterns and types of substance use differentially relate to unprotected sex and perceived risks of unprotected sex. The current study examined perceived risks and unprotected sex among adolescents and young adults, and examined whether marijuana use, alcohol use, and dual marijuana and alcohol use were differentially linked to unprotected sex and perceived risks of unprotected sex.
methodA sample of N=144 adolescents and young adults (Mage=18.77, SDage=3.4, range: 12-25) completed self-report questionnaires regarding past month substance use, unprotected sex, and perceived risks of having unprotected sex.
resultsIn a hierarchical logistic regression, only alcohol use was related to having unprotected sex at last intercourse (b=0.25, p<0.001). The second multinomial logistic regression showed that the interaction of alcohol and marijuana use was significantly related to lower levels of perceived risk of unprotected sex (moderate risk: b=0.06, p=0.04, OR=1.07; no/slight risk: b=0.07, p=0.03).
conclusionWhile dual marijuana and alcohol use was related to lower perceived risk of unprotected sex, only alcohol use only was associated with a higher likelihood of unprotected sex.
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