饮酒环境,少数群体压力和性少数群体出生时被指定为女性的问题的酒精使用之间的联系
Christina Dyar1, Brian A Feinstein2, Jamie Albright3
1Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Northwestern University.
Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity
|July 24, 2023
概括
在多个环境中饮酒的性少数群体出生时被分配为女性 (SM-AFAB) 的人使用问题性酒精的比例更高. 有针对性的干预措施可能有助于减少这种人群中与酒精有关的伤害.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 性少数群体在出生时被分配为女性 (SM-AFAB) 的人面临着更高的问题性酒精使用风险.
- 社会背景,包括饮酒地点和伴侣,影响酒精使用,但在SM-AFAB中未得到充分研究.
- 了解这些背景对于制定有效的预防和干预策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 根据它们的饮酒环境 (地点和伴侣) 来识别SM-AFAB的不同类别.
- 调查饮酒环境,少数族裔压力因素和问题性酒精使用之间的联系.
- 研究SM-AFAB的饮酒环境如何随着时间的推移而变化.
主要方法:
- 隐性类别分析被用来将392名SM-AFAB (17至33岁) 分类为饮酒背景类别.
- 分析了两个纵向波 (间隔六个月) 的数据.
- 研究了饮酒环境,少数族裔压力因素和问题性酒精使用之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 确定了四个不同的饮酒环境类别:私人,社会,社会和私人以及多个设置.
- 在这些类别中,在少数群体压力方面没有发现显著差异.
- 在多个环境中饮酒在两个时间点都与更高的有问题的酒精使用有关,尽管它没有预测未来的变化.
结论:
- 在多个环境中饮酒的SM-AFAB代表了干预的潜在目标群体.
- 干预措施的目的应该是为SM-AFAB提供管理酒精消费和减轻负面影响的策略.
- 需要进一步的研究,以了解社会背景的细微差别和这个人群中的问题性酒精使用.
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