[HTML][HTML] Stress and substance use among sexual and gender minority individuals across the lifespan

MC Parent, AS Arriaga, T Gobble, L Wille - Neurobiology of Stress, 2019 - Elsevier
Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals face marked disparities in substance use.
The present narrative review explores research on substance use in SGM communities …

When connecting with LGBTQ+ communities helps and why it does: A meta-analysis of the relationship between connectedness and health-related outcomes.

GT Lefevor, SA Sorrell, SJ Skidmore… - Psychological …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
We conducted a multilevel meta-analysis of 390 effect sizes from 167 studies with 157,923
participants examining the relationship between connectedness with lesbian, gay, bisexual …

Transgender community belongingness as a mediator between strength of transgender identity and well-being.

SM Barr, SL Budge, JL Adelson - Journal of counseling psychology, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
This study examined transgender community belongingness as a mediator between
strength of transgender identity and well-being. A total of 571 transgender adults (n= 209 …

Social support networks among diverse sexual minority populations.

DM Frost, IH Meyer, S Schwartz - American Journal of …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
This article reports a study of the function and composition of social support networks among
diverse lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) men and women (n= 396) in comparison to their …

Supporting transgender and gender diverse youth: Protection against emotional distress and substance use

AL Gower, GN Rider, C Brown, BJ McMorris… - American journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Important mental and physical health disparities exist for transgender and
gender diverse youth compared with cisgender youth (ie, those whose birth-assigned sex …

Differences in mental health symptoms across lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning youth in primary care settings

A Shearer, J Herres, T Kodish, H Squitieri… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning (LGBQ) youth exhibit significantly higher
rates of mental health problems, including anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and …

[HTML][HTML] The role of sexual minority stress and community involvement on disordered eating, dysmorphic concerns and appearance-and performance-enhancing drug …

AD Convertino, JP Brady, CA Albright, M Gonzales IV… - Body image, 2021 - Elsevier
Prior research has established that sexual minority (SM) individuals are more likely to
experience disordered body image behaviors and concerns than heterosexual individuals …

Are outness and community involvement risk or protective factors for alcohol and drug abuse among sexual minority women?

BA Feinstein, C Dyar, B London - Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2017 - Springer
Sexual minority women (SMW) are at increased risk for substance abuse compared to
heterosexual women. Two psychosocial factors that have been implicated in SMW's …

Smoking cessation programs for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people: a content-based systematic review

I Berger, J Mooney-Somers - Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Tobacco use among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people is
double the general population. Limited evidence suggests high smoking rates among …

Effects of participation in and connectedness to the LGBT community on substance use involvement of sexual minority young people

D Demant, L Hides, KM White, DJ Kavanagh - Addictive behaviors, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Research shows disproportionate levels of substance use among sexual
minority young people. A range of reasons for these disparities have been suggested …