Disclosure of sexual orientation and subsequent substance use and abuse among lesbian, gay, and bisexual youths: Critical role of disclosure reactions.
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Research on whether disclosure of sexual orientation promotes lower substance use among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals has been inconsistent. One reason for this may be that disclosure results in accepting and rejecting reactions. The current report longitudinally examines whether the types of reactions to disclosure are associated with substance use and abuse among 156 LGB youths (ages 14-21). Neither the number of disclosures nor the numbers of accepting or neutral disclosure reactions were associated with substance use or abuse. However, the number of rejecting reactions to disclosure was associated with current and subsequent alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use, even after controlling for demographic factors, social desirability, and emotional distress. Further, accepting reactions were found to moderate or protect youths from the negative role of rejecting reactions on alcohol use, but not other substances. This research indicates that, rather than disclosure per se, it is the number of accepting and rejecting reactions in response to disclosure that are critical to understanding substance use among LGB youths. Further, the results suggest that to be maximally effective, substance use prevention and treatment efforts should address rejecting reactions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved).
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Supportive relationships can protect sexual minorities against adverse psychosocial effects of minority stress.
“While supportive relationships have the ability to protect sexual minorities against the adverse psychosocial effects of minority stress (e.g., Hershberger & D’Augelli, 1995; Rosario, Schrimshaw, & Hunter, 2009), sexual minorities are disproportionately less likely to experience such support compared to heterosexuals (Plöderl & Fartacek, 2005; Safren & Heimberg, 1999).”
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- Authors
- Rosario, M., Schrimshaw, E. W., & Hunter, J.
- Affiliations
- The Graduate Center, CUNY (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- New York State Psychiatric Institute (US)
- Venue
- Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
- Published
- 2009-03
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 175-184
- ISSN
- 0893-164X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1501
- PMC
- PMC2818609
- OpenAlex
- W2162076461
- Cited by
- 260
- References
- 59
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- FWCI
- 12.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (P50-MH43520)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Sexuality, and Education
- Keywords
- coming out, lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth, substance use, substance abuse, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, cannabis use, substance use prevention
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Alcohol Drinking, Bisexuality, Marijuana Abuse, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Sexual Behavior, Smoking, Truth Disclosure, Homosexuality, Male, Homosexuality, Female, Substance-Related Disorders, Young Adult
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