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ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2019

Social Context of Sexual Minority Adolescents and Relationship to Alcohol Use.

Sarah A Marshall, Teague R Henry, Leigh A Spivey, Scott D Rhodes, Mitchell J Prinstein, Edward H Ip

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Article in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sarah A MarshallDepartment of Biostatistics and Data Science, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Electronic address: samarsha@wakehealth.edu.
Teague R HenryDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Leigh A SpiveyDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Scott D RhodesDepartment of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Mitchell J PrinsteinDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Edward H IpDepartment of Biostatistics and Data Science, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USWake Forest University · US

Funding

Wake Forest Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR001420 · NCATS · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ARD, JAMY D, FOLEY, KRISTIE L · 2015 to 2023
$32.3M
Understanding Peer Influence of Adolescent Health Risk BehaviorsR01HD055342 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI COHEN, GEOFFREY, PRINSTEIN, MITCHELL J · 2009 to 2013
$2.5M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001420NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD055342
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposePeer relationships are especially relevant during adolescence and may contribute to sexuality-based disparities in substance use. This study uses social network analysis to examine how social networks may serve as risk or protective factors for sexual minority youth in the context of alcohol use.

methodsSocial network analysis was applied to 11th to 12th graders in three diverse high schools in a rural area of the Southeast United States. The network consists of 1,179 students, 607 of whom were participants in the study and nominated friends. Regression models were used to examine how potential predictors of alcohol use may function differently for sexual minority and majority students.

resultsApproximately one fourth of students were classified as sexual minorities, inclusive of students who self-identified or reported any same-sex romantic attraction or sexual experience. These students did not use alcohol in greater amounts than students in the sexual majority. They received fewer incoming friendship nominations (p < .05) although a higher percentage of friendships were reciprocated (p < .05). They exhibited lower eigenvector centrality (p = .01), and their networks were less cohesive (p < .001). However, low centrality and low density did not predict greater alcohol consumption. Sexual minorities appeared to be influenced less strongly by peers' alcohol use, and friendships with sexual minorities further mitigated peer influence.

conclusionSexual minorities occupied less prominent positions within their social networks. However, these network differences did not place sexual minorities at increased risk of alcohol use.

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Social NetworkingAdolescentAdolescent BehaviorFemaleFriendsHeterosexualityHumansMalePeer GroupRural PopulationSexual and Gender MinoritiesSocial EnvironmentSoutheastern United StatesUnderage DrinkingAlcoholPeer contextSexual minoritySocial network analysis

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PMCPMC9132699
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