Romantic Attraction and Substance Use in 15-Year-Old Adolescents from Eight European Countries.

ABSTRACT: Sexual minority youth are at higher risk of substance use than heterosexual youth. However, most evidence in this area is from North America, and it is unclear whether the findings can be generalized to other cultures and countries. In this investigation, we used data from the 2014 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study to compare substance use in same- and both-gender attracted 15-year-old adolescents from eight European countries (n = 14,545) to that of their peers who reported opposite-gender attraction or have not been romantically attracted to anyone. Both-gender attracted, and to a lesser extent, same-gender attracted adolescents were significantly more likely to smoke cigarettes, consume alcohol, get drunk and use cannabis, or be involved in multiple substance use in

SUBMITTER: Kolto A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6747452 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature