Mental Health Disparities Mediating Increased Risky Sexual Behavior in Sexual Minorities: A Twin Approach.

ABSTRACT: Increased risky sexual behavior in sexual minorities relative to heterosexual individuals may be partly explained by mental health disparities, and both factors may be further jointly influenced by common genetic and environmental factors. However, these relationships have not been previously investigated. The objectives of the present study were to investigate mental health disparities as a mediator of the relationship between sexual orientation and risky sexual behavior, controlling for genetic and environmental effects in this relationship and testing for sex differences. Participants included 5814 twins from a Finnish twin cohort. Specified latent factors included sexual orientation, mental health indicators, and risky sexual behavior. Twin models were fitted to the factor structure of

SUBMITTER: Oginni OA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7497451 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature