Sexual Minority Youth Report High-Intensity Binge Drinking: The Critical Role of School Victimization.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine standard binge drinking (≥4 drinks for females, ≥5 drinks for males) and high-intensity binge drinking (≥8 drinks for females, ≥10 drinks for males) among heterosexual and sexual minority youth in the US and whether reports of school-based victimization mediate this association.

Methods

Survey data are from the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS; n = 10,839, M_age = 16.07). Logistic regression adjusted for race/ethnicity and age compared rates of standard and high-intensity binge drinking among heterosexual and sexual minority youth and whether experiences of school-based victimization mediated this association. Effects were tested in full sample and sex-stratified models.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Fish JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8142791 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature