SynthesisDrug and alcohol dependence2018
Alcohol research with transgender populations: A systematic review and recommendations to strengthen future studies.
Synthesis in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05070793 (Improving Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment for Gender Minority Populations), which is not on this map. Cited by 86 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Improving Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment for Gender Minority Populations
Who cites it
86 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Mental Health in Sexual and Gender Minority Populations: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews With Narrative Synthesis and a Network Meta-Analysis of Suicide Attempts.The International journal of social psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- A sex- and gender-based analysis of alcohol treatment intervention research involving youth: A methodological systematic review.PLoS medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Alcohol use prior to episodes of nonsuicidal self-injury in women with borderline personality disorder participating in a randomized clinical trial of dialectical behavior therapy.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025Trial
- Targeted Oral Naltrexone for Mild to Moderate Alcohol Use Disorder Among Sexual and Gender Minority Men: A Randomized Trial.The American journal of psychiatry · 2022Trial
- Sexual Victimization Experiences and Binge Drinking Frequency Among Bisexual+ and Heterosexual Women.Journal of child sexual abuse · 2026Article
- Characterizing Alcohol and Cannabis Co-use and Related Harms Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Article
- Prevalence of elevated mental health symptoms, hazardous alcohol and other drug use, and their co-occurrence across sexual and gender identity in a national probability sample.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2026Article
- Latent Class Analysis of Substance Use Behaviors and Associations of Class Membership With Gender Affirmation, Social Determinants of Health, and HIV Status Among Transfeminine Adults in the Eastern and Southern United States.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2026Article
- The Gender Non-affirmation from Sexual Partners Scale: Psychometric Evaluation and Correlates of a Brief Stigma Scale in a Sample Transgender and Gender Diverse Community Health Center Patients.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Identifying dominant factors that impact hazardous alcohol use among sexual and gender minority groups.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Exploring perceptions of alcohol and other drug (AOD) service workers regarding the inclusion of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) clients in accessing public residential treatment in Victoria, Australia.International journal of transgender health · 2026Article
- Subjective personal and collective benefits of alcohol use in UK trans and gender diverse communities: a cross-sectional survey.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2025Article
- The Burden of Cancer and Precancerous Conditions Among Transgender Individuals in a Large Health Care Network: Retrospective Cohort Study.JMIR cancer · 2025Article
- Estimating Blood Alcohol Concentration in Intensive and Longitudinal Research: Comparing eBAC Formulas and Their Implications for Science and Practice.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2025Article
- Medical gender affirmation appears protective against problematic substance use among transgender women and transfeminine adults: Findings from The LITE Study.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Article
- An ecological momentary assessment study of predictors for alcohol outcomes in transgender and gender diverse youth.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- Alcohol Use Disparities Among Transgender and Nonbinary Adults: An Intersectional Investigation.Drug and alcohol review · 2025Article
- Oral Health and Sociodemographic Aspects in Transgender People: A Descriptive Exploratory Study.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Alcohol and Cannabis Use in Relation to Daily Marginalization in Transgender Individuals.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2025Article
- Using a Sober Curious Framework to Explore Barriers and Facilitators to Helping Sexual Minority Women Reduce Alcohol-Related Harms: Protocol for a Descriptive Study.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
26 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
backgroundThere is a recent and growing research literature on alcohol use and related harms among transgender and other gender minority populations; however, current definitions and measures of hazardous drinking do not consider the complexity of physiological sex characteristics and socially constructed gender, raising doubts regarding their validity, applicability, and use with these populations. To address this, we reviewed current research on alcohol-related outcomes in transgender populations and critically summarized key issues for consideration in future research.
methodsWe conducted a systematic review of transgender alcohol research in English language, peer-reviewed journals, published 1990-2017, and extracted key details (e.g., sample composition, alcohol measures, results).
resultsForty-four studies met all inclusion criteria for the review, the majority of which were conducted in the United States. The prevalence of hazardous drinking was high; however, estimates varied widely across studies. We noted frequent methodological weaknesses, including few attempts to differentiate sex and gender, poor attention to appropriate definitions of hazardous drinking, and reliance on cross-sectional study designs and non-probability sampling methods.
conclusionGiven findings that suggest high need for ongoing public health attention, we offer recommendations to improve future alcohol studies with transgender and other gender minority populations, such as being explicit as to whether and how sex and/or gender are operationalized and relevant for the research question, expanding the repertoire of alcohol measures to include those not contingent on sex or gender, testing the psychometric performance of established screening instruments with transgender populations, and shifting from descriptive to analytic study designs.
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