Differences by sex and gender in the association between minority stress and alcohol use among sexual and gender minority youth: A daily diary study.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth consume more alcohol than their heterosexual, cisgender peers. The experience of minority stress is theorized to explain these disparities. Research often neglects the day-to-day variability in minority stress that SGM youth encounter and whether alcohol use is associated with daily experiences of minority stress. Further, there is heterogeneity in alcohol use among SGM youth. Sex assigned at birth and gender identity could potentially explain this heterogeneity.

Objective

Therefore, this study aimed to examine whether daily experiences of minority stress were associated with daily alcohol use among SGM youth and how these associations differed by sex assigned at birth and gender identity.

Methods

A 14-day daily diary s

SUBMITTER: Kiekens WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7612808 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature