Abstract
Sexual minority youth were found to be more likely to drink alcohol during weekdays compared to heterosexual youth. Drinking during weekdays was associated with consuming alcohol as a coping strategy. Sexual minority youth also more frequently consumed alcohol to eliminate personal worries (coping) and to not be excluded by their peers (conformity). Sexual orientation-related alcohol problems should be addressed at an early stage. Such efforts are likely to be effective if insecurities and stress related to sexual orientation are addressed as well.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 309-312 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Sex Research |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Adaptation, Psychological
- Alcohol Drinking/psychology
- Behavior, Addictive/psychology
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Minority Groups/psychology
- Motivation
- Netherlands
- Risk Factors
- Sexuality/psychology
- Social Conformity
- Young Adult
