Associations of sexual identity change and identity-attraction discordance with symptomatic alcohol and other drug use.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

National studies examining alcohol and other drug use by sexual orientation have been primarily cross-sectional. Understanding changes in sexual orientation over time may further elucidate the mechanisms behind sexual orientation differences in alcohol and other drug use. This national longitudinal study examines changes in sexual orientation across four waves (2013-2019), and the associations with symptomatic alcohol and other drug use.

Methods

Data from Waves 1 through 5 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study were used to examine associations of sexual identity change/stability and sexual identity-attraction discordance/concordance from baseline to follow-up with symptomatic substance use at follow-up. We examined four outcomes: any symptom

SUBMITTER: Evans-Polce RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11176265 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature