ReviewDrug and alcohol dependence reports2025
Minority stress and stimulant use among US adult sexual minority men: A systematic review.
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Purpose: Minority stress theory posits health disparities among sexual minority men (SMM; i.e., non-heterosexual) result from experiences of sexual minority stigma (SMS). This systematic review synthesizes quantitative findings on the association between minority stress and stimulant use among US adult SMM. Methods: PubMed, PsycInfo, CINAHL, and Scopus searches between November 2022 and October 2023 identified 991 studies, with 13 meeting selection criteria: English, peer-reviewed publication reporting an estimated minority stressor-stimulant use association among US adult SMM. Minority stressors included enacted, internalized, or anticipated SMS or identity concealment. Stimulants included methamphetamine, cocaine/crack cocaine, and diverted prescriptions. Proportions of studies and estimates indicating statistically significant associations were examined in total and for each minority stressor-stimulant pair. Results: Many studies included primarily Black/Latino (69.2 %), urban (76.9 %), young adult samples (38.5 %). Significant associations were reported in 42.9 % (6/13) of studies but represented only 38.2 % (13/34) of unique estimates. Most estimates involving composite stimulant outcomes were nonsignificant (86.7 %, 13/15). Most estimates of enacted SMS-methamphetamine (66.7 %, 2/3), internalized SMS-methamphetamine (66.7 %, 4/6), and internalized SMS-cocaine/crack cocaine (83.3 %, 5/6) associations were significant. Findings suggest sexual orientation (i.e., gay vs bisexual) may moderate internalized SMS effects. Few studies examined prescription stimulants and none examined anticipated SMS or identity concealment. Conclusions: Further research is needed examining the use of various stimulants independently, not in composite, and testing for moderation by sexual orientation. Findings suggest multi-level approaches targeting enacted SMS and individual-level approaches targeting internalized SMS may benefit SMM who use methamphetamine or cocaine/crack cocaine, respectively.
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