Substance use in sexual minority youth: prevalence in an urban cohort

Vock, Florian; Johnson-Ferguson, Lydia; Bechtiger, Laura; Stulz, Niklaus; von Felten, Joh; Eisner, Manuel; Hepp, Urs; Ribeaud, Denis; Shanahan, Lilly; Quednow, Boris B

doi:10.1186/s13034-023-00657-0

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Vock, F., Johnson-Ferguson, L., Bechtiger, L., Stulz, N., von Felten, J., Eisner, M., Hepp, U., Ribeaud, D., Shanahan, L., & Quednow, B. B. (2023). Substance use in sexual minority youth: prevalence in an urban cohort. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 17(1), 109. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-023-00657-0

Abstract

Background Little comparative data on substance use (SU) between sexual minority youth (SMY) and heterosexual youth (HET) is available. This study compares the prevalence of SU in an urban cohort between SMY and HET and evaluates demographic and psychosocial predictors of SU. Methods Data came from a prospective-longitudinal cohort study in an urban setting (N = 1297). SU and psychosocial variables such as internalizing symptoms, self-control, sensation-seeking, bullying-victimization, subjective stress, leisure activities, and peer i