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PROXIMAL STRESS PROCESSES AS PREDICTORS OF ALCOHOL USE IN GAY AND BISEXUAL MALES: A PARTIAL TEST OF THE MINORITY STRESS THEORY

Cabral, Kyle H. K.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1168357490

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2007, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Psychology.
Research has shown that gay and bisexual males use alcohol in higher quantities and more frequently than their heterosexual counterparts. In this study, I examined the relationship between sexual identity (internalized homonegativity and gay identity formation) and the quantity and frequency of alcohol use, drinking-related consequences, and drinking-related outcome expectancies in gay and bisexual males. I recruited two samples (n1 = 529; n2 = 337) via the World-Wide-Web who completed my survey online. Participants in both samples who reported a more integrated gay identity also reported less internalized homonegativity. In the second sample, there was a small but consistent relationship between internalized homonegativity, quantity and frequency of alcohol use and drinking related consequences. There was no relationship between gay identity formation and any of the drinking outcome variables. None of the sexual identity variables explained more than 10% of the variance in alcohol-related behaviors. Although the methods of this project attempted to address some of the limitations of previous research by using a larger sample size, using more than one measure of internalized homonegativity, and attempting to recruit a demographically diverse sample, my results are similar to previous results. Future directions for research include recruiting a wider range of problem and non-problem drinkers, more subjects in the lower stages of gay identity development, and subjects who are less educated, older, lower income, and from a variety of ethnic backgrounds.
Harold Rosenberg (Advisor)
99 p.
Gay and Bisexual Males; Alcohol Use; Drinking Behavior; Alcohol Expectancies; Alcohol Consequences; Internalized Homonegativity; Gay Identity Development; Gay Identity Formation; Gay Identity

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  • Cabral, K. H. K. (2007). PROXIMAL STRESS PROCESSES AS PREDICTORS OF ALCOHOL USE IN GAY AND BISEXUAL MALES: A PARTIAL TEST OF THE MINORITY STRESS THEORY [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1168357490

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cabral, Kyle. PROXIMAL STRESS PROCESSES AS PREDICTORS OF ALCOHOL USE IN GAY AND BISEXUAL MALES: A PARTIAL TEST OF THE MINORITY STRESS THEORY. 2007. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1168357490.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cabral, Kyle. "PROXIMAL STRESS PROCESSES AS PREDICTORS OF ALCOHOL USE IN GAY AND BISEXUAL MALES: A PARTIAL TEST OF THE MINORITY STRESS THEORY." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1168357490

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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