Dataset Information

Sexual orientation and substance use trajectories in emerging adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The current study examined developmental changes in substance use behaviors (SUBS) based upon sexual orientation. The analyses also attempted to address a number of methodological limitations in the extant longitudinal literature (i.e. distinct operationalizations of sexual orientation, timing of sexual orientation assessment with respect to reports of SUBs, non-linear growth).

Participants

Data were drawn from a longitudinal study of incoming first-time college students at a large public university (n = 3720).

Design

After a paper-and-pencil assessment just prior to matriculation, participants completed a web-based survey every fall and spring for 4 years (sub-sample n = 2854).