Authors: Shap, I, Y., Low, P., Sui, S., Otmar, C, C., Ganson, K, T., Testa, A., Santos, G., He, J., Baker, F C., & Nagata, J, M.
Date of publication: 2024
Journal: Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Summary: This US study analysed data from 10,092 adolescents aged 12-13 years, who completed the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, to explore the relationship between gender diversity and experimentation with substances.
Overall, the study found that gender-diverse adolescents have higher rates of substance use compared to their cisgender peers, and in addition this this, found more nuanced differences in substance use according to different dimensions of gender-diversity. The researchers highlight the unique minority stressors that gender-diverse youth experience, such as violence, harassment, stigma, victimisation and gender dysphoria, and note that these all increase the likelihood of substance use.
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