ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2021
Day-level associations between drug use and sexual behavior in male couples: Actor partner interdependence modeling of timeline follow-back data.
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- Adapted Motivational Interviewing Reduces Substance Use and Sexual Risk Taking Among Partnered Sexual Minority Men Aged 18-35 Years: Results of the PARTNER Study.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2026Trial
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- Substance Use and Relationship Functioning Among Young Male Couples.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Trial
- Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Motivational Interviewing with Sexual Minority Male Couples to Reduce Drug Use and Sexual Risk: The Couples Health Project.AIDS and behavior · 2022Trial
- A full-factorial randomized controlled trial of adjunct couples HIV testing and counseling components addressing drug use and communication skills among sexual minority male couples.BMC public health · 2021Trial
- "Chemical Seduction": a narrative review of the complex impact of recreational drugs on sexual function.International journal of impotence research · 2026Review
- 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
- Examining relationship quality bias in couples research: An analysis of responses from cisgender sexual minority men in the U.S.Couple & family psychology · 2025Article
- Substance use agreements: An exploratory study of dyadic coping processes related to substance use among male couples in the US.Couple & family psychology · 2025Article
- Policy, Relationships, and Well-Being: Associations Between Mental Health and Main Partner Relationships Among Cisgender Sexual Minority Men in the Context of U.S. State-Level Policies.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2025Article
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- Drug use and condomless sex among sexual minority men in relationships: Whether relationship quality is a risk or protective factor depends upon what they believe their partners do.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2024Article
- Substance Use, Sexual Agreements, and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Adolescent Sexual Minority Males (Aged 13-17) in the United States.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Article
- Correlates of Substance Misuse, Transactional Sex, and Depressive Symptomatology Among Partnered Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in South Africa and Namibia.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- Marijuana and illicit drugs: Correlates of condomless anal sex among adolescent and emerging adult sexual minority men.Addictive behaviors · 2021Article
- Heterosexual Cisgender Men Partnered with Transgender Women Exhibit Higher HIV/STI Sexual Risk than Their Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Counterparts: Findings from a U.S.-Based Convenience Sample Recruited Online.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundBoth marijuana and other illicit drugs (e.g., cocaine/crack, methamphetamines, ecstasy, gamma-hydroxybuterate, and ketamine) have been linked to the occurrence of condomless anal sex (CAS) with casual partners among sexual minority men (SMM) and these associations largely generalize to partnered SMM. Software advances now permit testing the day-level correspondence between participants' sexual behavior and their own drug use (actor effects) as well as their partners' (partner-effects).
methodsParticipants comprised 50 couples (100 individuals) recruited in the New York City metro area. All were 18 or older and identified as cis male. In each couple, at least one partner was 18-29 years old, HIV-negative, reported recent (past 30 day) drug use and recent (past 30 day) CAS with a casual partner or CAS with a non-monogamous or sero-discordant main partner at screening.
resultsMarijuana was associated with CAS between main partners on days both partners reported its use. A similar pattern was observed for other illicit drugs. Respondents were more likely to report CAS with casual partners on days CAS between main partners occurred. Both marijuana and other illicit drugs were associated with increased likelihood of CAS with casual partners on days a main partner did not use drugs. These associations were attenuated on days where partners reported the use of different drugs.
conclusionsThe co-occurrence of CAS with main and casual partners maximizes shared sexual risk. Results support the continued emphasis on dyadic HIV prevention interventions and the development of theoretically-based interventions that may address drug use by both partners in the relationship.
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