ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2019
Relationship functioning and substance use in same-sex male couples.
Article in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03125915 (Addressing Substance Use Through Couples Voluntary Counseling and Testing), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Addressing Substance Use Through Couples Voluntary Counseling and Testing (CVCT)
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pilot Results of Masibambisane: Couples Motivational Interviewing with Mobile Breathalyzers to Address Unhealthy Drinking and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2025Trial
- Substance Use and Relationship Functioning Among Young Male Couples.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Trial
- Interdependence and Sexual Health: Relationship factors associated with sexual behavior among sexual minority males in non-monogamous relationships who use drugs.Journal of sex research · 2026Article
- Discrimination, relationship quality, and the mental health of sexual minority men in relationships: A test of the psychological mediation hypothesis.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2026Article
- Substance use agreements: An exploratory study of dyadic coping processes related to substance use among male couples in the US.Couple & family psychology · 2025Article
- Substance Use and Discrimination in a Sample of U.S.-Based Latinx Sexual Minority Men and Their Main Partners.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2024Article
- Comparing Repeated (Annual) Couples HIV Testing and Counseling to Individual HIV Testing and Counseling Among Male Couples at High Risk of HIV Infection: Protocol for a Randomized Control Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Examination of Gender Differences in Depression, Relationship Satisfaction, and Problematic Pornography Use Among Romanian Gay Men and Lesbian Women.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2024Article
- Prediction of Adverse Events Risk in Patients with Comorbid Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder Using Electronic Medical Records by Deep Learning Models.Research square · 2023Article
- Relationship quality and mental health among sexual and gender minorities.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2022Article
- Partners' Consensus About Joint Effort and COVID-19 Prevention Among Sexual Minority Men.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- Day-level associations between drug use and sexual behavior in male couples: Actor partner interdependence modeling of timeline follow-back data.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- The Role of the Family in Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery for Adults.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2021Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundResearch suggests that substance use among partnered sexual minority men will be inversely associated with the quality of dyadic functioning. We tested whether dimensions of relationship functioning implied within Couples Interdependence Theory (e.g., rewards, costs, barriers, alternatives, investment, and comparison to an ideal) predicted drug use and problematic alcohol use consistent with this hypothesis.
methodsThis study utilized baseline data from a sample of 70 couples recruited in the New York City area. All participants were cis-gender male and 18 or older. In each couple, at least one partner reported recent drug use, at least one was aged 18 to 29, and at least one was HIV negative. Participants provided demographic information; completed measures of relationship functioning and problematic alcohol use; and reported recent (past 30 day) drug use.
resultsActor-partner interdependence models were calculated. The use of miscellaneous recreational drugs (excluding marijuana) was positively associated with participants' perception of rewards, costs, and barriers to leaving and negatively associated with comparisons to an ideal, alternatives, and investment. In addition, partner perceptions of rewards were positively associated with this outcome. AUDIT scores were negatively associated with comparison to an ideal; and positively associated with partner perceptions of alternatives. Relationship functioning was unrelated to marijuana use.
conclusionsThese findings provide support for the hypothesis that relationship functioning and substance use are related. Couples Interdependence Theory implies such an assumption and it underlies many couples-based approaches to drug use intervention. These findings point to the potential utility of integrating relationship skill building into substance use interventions for partnered sexual minority men.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.