Understanding daily and momentary drinking motives among transgender and gender diverse adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) adults may be at increased risk for alcohol use due to gender minority stress (GMS) and specific drinking motives.

Aim

The current study evaluated the relations between GMS and resilience, drinking motives, and alcohol outcomes among TGD adults.

Methods

Twenty-five primarily White TGD adults (7 transgender men, 7 transgender women, and 11 gender diverse) who were 19 years of age or older (mean: 32.60; SD: 10.82), lived in Canada, and drank regularly were prompted to complete surveys multiple times per day indexing drinking motives, GMS and resilience factors, contexts, and alcohol use and craving. Multilevel models examined predictors of each drinking motive and relations between drinking motives and alcohol outco

SUBMITTER: Tellez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12312129 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature