Substance use behaviors among LGBTQ+ youth of color: identification of the populations bearing the greatest burden in three large samples

ME Eisenberg, AL Gower, RJ Watson, GN Rider… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Research has identified persistent disparities in alcohol, e-cigarette, and marijuana
use, by sexual orientation, gender identity, and race/ethnicity. Using an intersectionality …

Sexual orientation, adult connectedness, substance use, and mental health outcomes among adolescents: findings from the 2009 New York City Youth Risk Behavior …

KS Seil, MM Desai, MV Smith - American journal of …, 2014 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We examined associations between identifying as lesbian, gay, or bisexual
(LGB) and lacking a connection with an adult at school on adolescent substance use and …

[HTML][HTML] E-cigarette, cigarette, and cannabis use patterns as a function of sexual identity in a sample of Southern California young adults

MM Liautaud, JL Barrington-Trimis, F Liu… - Addictive Behaviors …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Sexual minority young adults report greater cigarette and cannabis use. Emerging
evidence suggests this trend may extend to e-cigarettes. The current study evaluated the …

Differences in substance use between sexual orientations in a multi-country sample: Findings from the Global Drug Survey 2015

D Demant, L Hides, DJ Kavanagh… - Journal of Public …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background This study examines substance use disparities among homosexual, bisexual
and heterosexual adolescents and young adults from nine countries. Methods Data from 58 …

Risk of substance abuse and dependence among young adult sexual minority groups using a multidimensional measure of sexual orientation

S Goldberg, KL Strutz, AA Herring… - Public Health …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective. We examined associations between two definitions of sexual minority status
(SMS) and substance abuse and/or dependence among young adults in a national …

Characterizing profiles of polysubstance use among high school students in Baltimore, Maryland: A latent class analysis

KE Schneider, SC Brighthaupt, AK Winiker… - Drug and alcohol …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Adolescent drug use has long term health consequences, like substance use
disorders and psychiatric illnesses. Proximal health risks, especially for overdose, are …

Mental health disparities and high‐risk alcohol use among non‐heterosexual high school students

A Goodin, A Elswick… - Perspectives in psychiatric …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To examine disparities in mental health and high‐risk alcohol use among high
school students by sexual orientation, and the impact of having access to an adult with …

Perceived racial discrimination and polysubstance use among racial/ethnic minority adolescents in the United States

P Baiden, HK Onyeaka, K Aneni, B Wood… - Drug and alcohol …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Polysubstance use among adolescents is a significant public health concern, yet
most studies on adolescent substance use focus on a singular substance. This study is one …

Sexual minority, justice-involved youth: a hidden population in need of integrated mental health, substance use, and sexual health services

ME Hirschtritt, EF Dauria, BDL Marshall… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose We sought to compare the demographic characteristics, drug and alcohol use,
sexual behaviors, delinquency, and mental health indicators of sexual minority and …

Gender discrimination and illicit drug use among African American and European American adolescents and emerging adults.

M Ahuja, AM Haeny, CE Sartor… - Psychology of addictive …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: The present study aimed to characterize the association of perceived gender
discrimination and illicit drug use among a sample of African American (AA) and European …