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Effects of homophobic name-calling and verbal sexual harassment on substance use among young adults

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Verbal aggression victimization, such as homophobic name-calling, has been linked to heavier substance use among young people, but little longitudinal research has examined how different types of victimization may affect substance use or whether certain psychosocial factors moderate these risks. In a diverse cohort (N = 2,663), latent transition analysis was used to model heterogeneity in victimization (age 19) and substance use (age 20). Four victimization (high victimization, homophobic name-calling only, verbal sexual harassment only, and low victimization) and three substance use (poly-substance use, alcohol, and cannabis only, low all) classes were identified. Thehigh victimizationandhomophobic name-calling onlyclasses had the highest probabilities of transitioning into thepoly-substance use class, and thehigh victimizationclass had the highest probability of transitioning into thealcohol and cannabis onlyclass. The probability of transitioning into thelow allsubstance use class was highest in thelow victimizationclass and lowest in thehigh victimizationclass. For thehigh victimizationclass, greater depressive symptoms increased the odds, and better peer relationship quality decreased the odds, of transitioning into thepoly-substance useandalcohol and cannabis onlyclasses. For thehomophobic name-calling onlyclass, greater depressive symptoms increased the odds of transitioning into thepoly-substance useclass. Homophobic name-calling, alone or in combination with verbal sexual harassment, is a risk factor for escalating substance use in young adulthood, especially among victims with depressive symptoms.

longitudinalsubstance useverbal harassmentvictimizationyoung adulthood

Davis, Jordan P.、Tucker, Joan S.、Dunbar, Michael S.、Pedersen, Eric R.、D'Amico, Elizabeth J.

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Univ Southern Calif, Suzanne Dworak Peck Sch Social Work, USC Ctr Artificial Intelligence Soc, USC Ctr Mindfulness Sci,USC Inst Addict Sci, 669 W 34th St, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA

RAND Corp, Santa Monica, CA USA

RAND Corp, Pittsburgh, PA USA

Univ Southern Calif, Keck Sch Med, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA

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2021

10.1002/ab.21925

Aggressive behavior

Aggressive behavior

SCI
ISSN：0096-140X
年,卷(期)：2021.47(1)
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