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ArticleExperimental and clinical psychopharmacology2021

Minority stress and alcohol use in sexual minority women's daily lives.

Robin J Lewis, Kelly A Romano, Sarah J Ehlke, Cathy Lau-Barraco, Cassidy M Sandoval, Douglas J Glenn, Kristin E Heron

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Article in Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Robin J LewisDepartment of Psychology, Old Dominion University.ORCID 0000-0003-4010-9396
Kelly A RomanoVirginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology.
Sarah J EhlkeTSET Health Promotion Research Center, Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
Cathy Lau-BarracoDepartment of Psychology, Old Dominion University.
Cassidy M SandovalVirginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology.ORCID 0000-0002-2151-4452
Douglas J GlennVirginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology.
Kristin E HeronDepartment of Psychology, Old Dominion University.ORCID 0000-0002-7452-876X
Dominion University College · GHVirginia Clinical Research · US

Funding

Examining binge eating in daily life: Working toward reducing obesity disparities in racially diverse lesbian and heterosexual womenR01MD012598 · NIMHD · OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY · PI HERON, KRISTIN E · 2019 to 2022
$1.1M
Minority Stress, Alcohol Use, and Intimate Partner Violence Among LesbiansR15AA020424 · NIAAA · OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY · PI LEWIS, ROBIN J. · 2012 to 2016
$911k
National Institutes of Health; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and AlcoholismNational Institutes of Health; National Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesNIAAA NIH HHS R15 AA020424NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD012598
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sexual minority women (i.e., women who identify as lesbian, bisexual, or other non-heterosexual orientations) report more hazardous drinking compared to heterosexual women. Sexual minority stress (SMS), or experiences related to sexual orientation-based discrimination and marginalization, have been implicated as contributing to these disparities. The association between sexual minority stress and alcohol use has been supported in cross-sectional, and to a limited extent, longitudinal studies. Few studies, however, have examined associations between SMS and alcohol use in sexual minority women's daily lives. Young sexual minority women (age 18-35; N = 321) were recruited to participate in a 14-day daily diary study in which they reported each morning on their SMS and alcohol use (drinking or not; drinking quantity; alcohol consequences) from the previous day. SMS was operationalized in four ways (global negative SMS experiences, specific SMS events, concealment of identity, discrimination). Results from concurrent multilevel models revealed that on days when sexual minority women experienced more global negative SMS, any specific SMS event, or discrimination, they were more likely to drink. Further, prospective models indicated that participants drank more and were more likely to report binge drinking on the day after they experienced at least one SMS event. These findings extend prior research by demonstrating that the association between SMS and alcohol use extends to the daily level of analysis among sexual minority women. Understanding the connection between SMS and alcohol use among sexual minority women is imperative to developing culturally tailored interventions to improve the health and well-being of this at-risk group. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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Sexual and Gender MinoritiesAdolescentAdultBisexualityCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHeterosexualityHumansMinority GroupsYoung Adult

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