Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington.
Department of Health Systems Science, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Psychol Addict Behav. 2018 Aug;32(5):540-551. doi: 10.1037/adb0000384.
Research has indicated that sexual minority women (SMW) drink more than do their heterosexual counterparts. Minority stress theory postulates that this increased drinking is motivated by efforts to modulate distress related to minority status, highlighting the potential importance of coping and enhancement drinking motives. Social learning theory postulates that SMW are motivated to drink more because their social companions model drinking behavior and convey social norms regarding appropriate alcohol consumption, suggesting that socialization and conformity motives may be important. The degree to which different motives for drinking affect SMW's alcohol consumption may depend in part on whether SMW drink with other sexual minorities, but this has not been investigated. This study examined daily data across 2 separate 14-day bursts to understand associations among daily drinking motives, the sexual identity of drinking companions, and alcohol consumption among 67 young SMW who reported on 553 social drinking days. On days when SMW had higher than typical socialization and enhancement motives, they tended to drink more, and SMW who typically had higher coping motives tended to drink more on any given day. Further, higher than typical enhancement motives were associated with heavier drinking on days when SMW drank with only heterosexual companions, relative to days when they drank with only sexual minority companions or in mixed sexual-identity groups. SMW's typical conformity motives were more strongly related to drinking on days when SMW drank in mixed sexual-identity groups relative to heterosexual companions only. These results indicate that SMW's drinking motives and drinking companions may be important targets for future research and intervention. (PsycINFO Database Record
研究表明，性少数群体女性（SMW）的饮酒量多于异性恋女性。少数群体应激理论假设，这种饮酒量的增加是为了调节与少数群体身份相关的痛苦，突出了应对和增强饮酒动机的潜在重要性。社会学习理论假设，SMW 更倾向于饮酒是因为他们的社交伙伴模仿饮酒行为，并传达有关适当饮酒的社会规范，这表明社会化和从众动机可能很重要。不同饮酒动机对 SMW 饮酒量的影响程度可能部分取决于 SMW 是否与其他性少数群体一起饮酒，但这尚未得到调查。本研究通过两个独立的 14 天爆发期收集了每日数据，以了解每日饮酒动机、饮酒伙伴的性身份与 67 名年轻 SMW 的饮酒量之间的关联，这些 SMW 在 553 个社交饮酒日中报告了饮酒情况。当 SMW 的社交和增强动机高于典型水平时，他们往往会喝更多的酒，而典型的应对动机较高的 SMW 在任何给定的日子里往往会喝更多的酒。此外，与仅与异性恋伴侣一起饮酒的日子相比，典型的增强动机与仅与性少数群体伴侣或在混合性身份群体中一起饮酒的日子里，SMW 的饮酒量更高。SMW 的典型从众动机与在混合性身份群体中饮酒的日子相比，与仅与异性恋伴侣一起饮酒的日子更密切相关。这些结果表明，SMW 的饮酒动机和饮酒伙伴可能是未来研究和干预的重要目标。
