Sexual Orientation, Partnership Formation, and Substance Use in the Transition to Adulthood
Sexual Orientation, Partnership Formation, and Substance Use in the Transition to Adulthood
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DOI：
10.1007/s10964-011-9653-7
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发表时间：
2012-02-01
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Bozick, Robert
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作者：
Austin, Erika Laine;Bozick, Robert
有证据表明，女同性恋和男同性恋青年比异性恋同龄人更频繁地使用药物。基于生命历程的角度来看，我们认为，这种差异可能是由于不可用的婚姻作为一个转折点，在女同性恋/男同性恋青年的生活。我们使用来自全国代表性青年样本（N = 13，581，52.4%女性，68.6%白色，年龄18-26）的数据来检查物质使用的性取向差异，并探讨这些差异是否因年轻成年时浪漫伙伴关系的形成而异。我们发现，形成更严肃的伙伴关系（例如，同居、婚姻）与异性恋青年中较少使用药物有关，尽管这一模式不适用于男女同性恋青年。我们的结论是，男女同性恋者可以选择的伴侣关系并不能像异性恋者那样提供同样的健康保护。
Evidence suggests that lesbian and gay young adults use substances more frequently than their heterosexual peers. Based on the life course perspective, we argue that this difference may be due to the unavailability of marriage as a turning point in the lives of lesbian/gay young adults. We use data from a nationally representative sample of youth (N = 13,581, 52.4% female, 68.6% white, ages 18-26) to examine sexual orientation differences in substance use and explore whether these differences vary by romantic partnership formation in young adulthood. We find that the formation of more serious partnerships (e.g., cohabitation, marriage) is associated with less frequent substance use among heterosexual young adults, though this pattern does not hold for lesbian and gay young adults. We conclude that the partnership options available to lesbians and gay men do not provide the same health-protective benefits that marriage does for heterosexuals.