Do psychosocial factors mediate sexual minorities' risky sexual behaviour? A twin study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Risky sexual behavior among sexual minorities (lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals) are partly attributed to mental health and other social disparities; but this may be confounded by correlated genetic and environmental influences. As preregistered, the present study investigated indirect associations between sexual minority status and increased lifetime sexual partners through increased psychosocial adversity (depressive and anxiety symptoms, intimate partner violence, and early life adversities) and substance use (alcohol, cannabis, and other illicit drugs), confounding by correlated genetic and environmental influences, and sex differences in these relationships.

Method

The sample comprised sexual minority and heterosexual twins who participated in the first

SUBMITTER: Oginni OA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9840565 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature