ArticleJournal of drug issues2019
Perceived social support, problematic drug use behaviors, and depression among prescription drugs-misusing young men who have sex with men.
Article in Journal of drug issues, 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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- Mental health conditions of young ethiopians who use substances: a cross-sectional study in West Arsi zone.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Substance use among young people in the West Arsi Zone, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2025Article
- High-risk polysubstance use among LGBTQ+ people who use drugs in the United States: An application of syndemic theory.The International journal on drug policy · 2023Article
- Temporal association of pre-pandemic perceived social support with psychological resilience and mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic among people with a history of injection drug use.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Article
- An inverse relationship between perceived social support and substance use frequency in socially stigmatized populations.Addictive behaviors reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
This study examined the relationship of perceived social support with problematic drug use behaviors and depression among young men who have sex with men (YMSM). A diverse sample of 191 substance-using YMSM (aged 18-29 years) reported on perceived social support, high-risk drug use behaviors (i.e., polydrug use and use of drugs before sex in the past 6 months, and lifetime injection drug use), and depression. Associations were examined using bivariate and multivariable logistic regression. Participants receiving higher levels of family social support were at lower odds of reporting polydrug use, drug use before sex, and depressive symptomology. Individuals with higher levels of friends' social support were at lower odds of reporting polydrug use, drug use before sex, and depression. Participants receiving higher levels of support from a special other were at lower odds of reporting depression. Intervention efforts should address YMSM's capacity to build supportive relationships and obtain adequate social support.
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