Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 4118 Sennott Square, 210 South Bouquet Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA,
J Youth Adolesc. 2014 Jan;43(1):30-9. doi: 10.1007/s10964-013-9905-9. Epub 2013 Jan 17.
Sexual minority (lesbian and gay, bisexual, mostly heterosexual) individuals are at an increased risk for hazardous drinking than heterosexual individuals, but little is known about the nature of the disparities as adolescents reach adulthood. We used four waves of a nationally representative data set, the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), to examine disparities of hazardous drinking outcomes between sexual minority and heterosexual men and women from adolescence to young adulthood. Participants were 14-18 years old at the first assessment (N = 12,379; 53 % female) and 27-31 years old at the fourth assessment. At the fourth assessment, 13 % self-identified as sexual minority individuals, 16 % were Hispanic, and 36 % were of minority race, including primarily African Americans (60 %) and Asian Americans (18 %). There were clear hazardous drinking disparities between sexual minority individuals and heterosexual individuals over time. During adolescence, sexual minority individuals, particularly females, reported higher levels of hazardous drinking. As study participants reached adulthood, the magnitude of the hazardous drinking disparities increased among sexual minorities, sexual minority men in particular. Additional research is needed to better understand the developmental mechanisms that underlie the emerging sexual orientation related disparities of hazardous drinking in young adulthood.
性少数群体（同性恋、双性恋、异性恋居多）比异性恋个体更容易出现危险饮酒行为，但对于青少年向成年过渡时期这些差异的性质，我们知之甚少。我们使用了一个具有全国代表性的数据组——青少年健康纵向研究（Add Health）的四波数据，来研究性少数群体和异性恋男性和女性在青少年到成年早期之间危险饮酒结果的差异。参与者在第一次评估时年龄为 14-18 岁（N=12379；53%为女性），在第四次评估时年龄为 27-31 岁。在第四次评估中，13%的人自我认同为性少数群体，16%的人是西班牙裔，36%是少数族裔，主要包括非洲裔美国人（60%）和亚裔美国人（18%）。性少数群体和异性恋个体之间的危险饮酒差异随着时间的推移而明显。在青少年时期，性少数群体，尤其是女性，报告的危险饮酒水平更高。随着研究参与者进入成年期，性少数群体的危险饮酒差异程度增加，尤其是性少数男性。需要进一步研究以更好地理解危险饮酒的性取向相关差异在年轻人中出现的发展机制。
