TY - JOUR
T1 - Alcohol use among young men who have sex with men
AU - Pollock, James A.
AU - Halkitis, Perry N.
AU - Moeller, Robert W.
AU - Solomon, Todd M.
AU - Barton, Staci C.
AU - Blachman-Forshay, Jaclyn
AU - Siconolfi, Daniel E.
AU - Love, Hugh T.
N1 - Funding Information:
Project was funded by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDOHMH). All eight authors made substantive contributions to this article. Perry N. Halkitis as the PI of the study also led the statistical analyses. Robert Moeller and Daniel Siconolfi were the project directors of the study, known to us as “project desire.” James Pollock was responsible for the document in its entirety, including the original research questions and the analytic plan. Todd Solomon was responsible for the planning of and reporting of all procedures. Rob Moeller and James Pollock worked together on the analyses with the assistance of Daniel Siconolfi. Hugh Love, Jr. wrote the original rough draft of the introduction and contributed to the discussion. Staci Barton and Jackie Blachman-Forshay worked on reporting the results of the analyses and developed the study’s conclusions. 1The journal’s style utilizes the category substance abuse as a diagnostic category. Substances are used or misused; living organisms are and can be abused. Editor’s note. 2The categorization of “heavy” or “heavily” to describe types of drinking, by amounts, frequency, a combination of both, etc., which is often used in the literature, is a pseudo-scientific nosology based upon consensual judgments, which may be bounded (time, place, culture, etc.), and which may be misleading in its implications when the criteria for its underpinnings are not noted and clarified. Editor’s note. Address correspondence to James Albert Pollock, Department of Applied Psychology, New York University, CHIBPS, 726 Broadway, New York, NY 10003; E-mail: [email protected]
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - This study reveals associations between alcohol use and demographic variables, as well as the relation between alcohol use and sexual activity, using episodic data. Data were obtained during summer and fall 2008 from a sample of 558 gay, bisexual, and other young men who have sex with men (YMSM), ages of 1329 years in New York City. Recruitment strategies targeted potential participants at gay-related venues and public spaces often frequented by YMSM. Alcohol use varied by race/ethnicity, with White YMSM consuming significantly more alcohol than other races/ethnicities. Participants over the age of 21 drank significantly more alcohol than participants ages 1320. Alcohol use was not found to be associated with sexual risk-taking activity. Our findings are enriched by a large, diverse sample of urban YMSM. Study limitations are noted.
AB - This study reveals associations between alcohol use and demographic variables, as well as the relation between alcohol use and sexual activity, using episodic data. Data were obtained during summer and fall 2008 from a sample of 558 gay, bisexual, and other young men who have sex with men (YMSM), ages of 1329 years in New York City. Recruitment strategies targeted potential participants at gay-related venues and public spaces often frequented by YMSM. Alcohol use varied by race/ethnicity, with White YMSM consuming significantly more alcohol than other races/ethnicities. Participants over the age of 21 drank significantly more alcohol than participants ages 1320. Alcohol use was not found to be associated with sexual risk-taking activity. Our findings are enriched by a large, diverse sample of urban YMSM. Study limitations are noted.
KW - Alcohol
KW - Alcohol intoxication
KW - Bisexual
KW - Gay
KW - Sexual risk-taking
KW - Young men who have sex with men
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U2 - 10.3109/10826084.2011.618963
DO - 10.3109/10826084.2011.618963
M3 - Article
C2 - 22049917
AN - SCOPUS:84855473386
SN - 1082-6084
VL - 47
SP - 12
EP - 21
JO - Substance Use and Misuse
JF - Substance Use and Misuse
IS - 1
ER -