ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Chemsex, Identity and Sexual Health among Gay and Bisexual Men.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- The use of Image and Performance-Enhancing Drugs (IPED) in behavioural addictions.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2026Review
- Poppers Use and Sexual Health Correlates Among Sexual Minority Men in the United States.Journal of community health · 2026Article
- Paranoid Ideation in Gay Men: The Roles of Psychological Emptiness, Identity Loss, Loneliness, and Identity Resilience.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Community perceptions of chemsex practices in Türkiye: a cross-sectional online survey.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Healthcare Access in Chemsex Contexts in Brazil: A Scoping Review and the VIP-Chemsex Model.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Review
- Prevalence and Factors Associated with Sexual Addiction in Men Who Have Sex with Men Seeking Treatment for Problematic Chemsex: Findings from the CHAMELEON Cross-Sectional Study.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Chemsex as a Diagnostic Challenge: Toward Recognition in ICD-12 and Integrated Treatment Approaches-A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Differences between men who have sex with men that use drugs and engage in chemsex and those who do not engage in chemsex in the French ANRS-PREVENIR cohort: the need to rethink harm reduction services.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2025Article
- Drug Addiction in Gay and Bisexual Men Living with HIV Engaged in Sexualized Drug Use: Recent Drug Use, Polydrug and Depressive Symptoms as Predictors.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Predicting PrEP acceptability and self-efficacy among men who have sex with men in the UK: The roles of identity resilience, science mistrust, and stigma.HIV medicine · 2025Article
- Chemsex and its impact on gay and bisexual men who have sex with men: Findings from an online survey in Belgium.HIV medicine · 2025Article
- "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"-Psychosocial Aspects and Awareness of Negative Impacts in Chemsex Users: Results from an Anonymous Online Survey.Brain sciences · 2024Article
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- Substance use in sexual minority youth: prevalence in an urban cohort.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2023Article
- Chemsex and Sexual Well-Being in Young Polish Men.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Getting Inside the Mind of Gay and Bisexual Men Who Have Sex with Men with Sexualized Drug Use - A Systematic Review.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2023Article
- Chemsex and Psychosis: A Systematic Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Psychological characteristics associated with chemsex among men who have sex with men: Internalized homophobia, conscientiousness and serostatus as predictive factors.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
- Intention to use PrEP among men who have sex with men and engage in chemsex: an international descriptive study.Therapeutic advances in infectious diseaseArticle
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Abstract
This article focuses on some of the social, cultural and psychological aspects of drug use in sexualized settings in gay and bisexual men (referred to as "chemsex"). Using a narrative review approach, the article examines previous empirical research in this area and presents a novel theoretical approach for understanding and predicting chemsex behavior. Tenets of identity process theory from social psychology are drawn upon to offer an integrative theoretical framework within which the social, cultural and psychological underpinnings of chemsex can be collectively examined. Existing empirical research suggests that gay and bisexual men may experience sexuality-related stressors that can undermine feelings of self-esteem, self-efficacy, continuity and positive distinctiveness. Identity process theory examines how individuals react to threats to identity brought about by these stressors. In response to identity threat, gay and bisexual men may engage in chemsex as a coping response that encompasses and facilitates various, largely maladaptive, coping strategies and tactics. The more chemsex is perceived as enhancing identity processes and as averting identity threat, the more central it is likely to be to the identities of participants. The centrality of chemsex to one's identity may preclude self-withdrawal from the practice. Several directions for future research are presented based on existing work on chemsex viewed through the lens of identity process theory. These should form the basis of future empirical research in the sphere of sexual health among gay and bisexual men and the outcomes of this research should inform policy and practice in this area.
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