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Using a Comprehensive Proximal Stress Model to Predict Alcohol Use.

Louis Lindley¹, Loren Bauerband², M Paz Galupo¹

¹Psychology Department, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, USA.

Transgender Health

|August 20, 2021

Summary

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This study found that proximal stress is linked to problematic alcohol use in transgender and nonbinary individuals. Drinking to cope significantly mediates this relationship, highlighting its role in substance use within this community.

Keywords:

alcohol use drinking to cope gender dysphoria gender minority stress transgender

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Public Health
Sociology

Background:

The gender minority stress model explains high substance use in transgender communities but requires direct testing.
Qualitative studies suggest transgender and nonbinary individuals may use avoidant coping, like drinking, to manage stress.

Purpose of the Study:

To test the gender minority stress model's explanatory power for substance use.
To examine the relationship between proximal stress, drinking to cope, and problematic alcohol use in transgender and nonbinary individuals.

Main Methods:

A structural equation model was used to analyze data from 297 transgender and nonbinary adults.
Participants completed an online survey assessing internalized transphobia, anticipated stigma, concealment, gender dysphoria, drinking to cope, and alcohol use.

Main Results:

No significant differences in drinking to cope were found across gender identity or medical transition status.
Proximal stress was significantly associated with problematic alcohol use.
Drinking to cope mediated the relationship between proximal stress and problematic alcohol use.

Conclusions:

Drinking to cope is a key factor contributing to high rates of alcohol use among transgender individuals.
Findings have implications for clinical interventions aimed at reducing alcohol misuse in the transgender community.