Abstract

The goal of the present study was to examine whether intersectional minority stress (in relation to race, gender identity, and sexual orientation) was a unique predictor of psychological distress, Alcohol Use Disorder and alcohol-related problems in a community sample of 182 Latinx and African American sexual minority women in the United States. Further, the authors tested whether psychological distress mediated the relationship between intersectional minority stress and Alcohol Use Disorder. Modified targeted nonprobability sampling was used to recruit participants. Regression analysis revealed that when examined concomitantly, race and sexual orientation-based discrimination served as a unique predictor of alcohol-related outcomes; sexism was not a unique predictor. Psychological distress was a significant mediator in the relationship between intersectional minority stress and alcohol-related outcomes. Future research should expand on the detrimental impact of intersectional minority stress on alcohol-health disparities, including the identification of mental health variables that mediate and/or moderate this relationship.

摘要

本研究的目的是在182个拉丁裔和拉丁裔的社区样本中，检验少数族裔的相交压力（与种族，性别认同和性取向有关）是否是心理困扰，酒精使用障碍和酒精相关问题的唯一预测因子​​。美国的非洲裔美国性少数族裔妇女。此外，作者测试了心理困扰是否介导了少数族裔交际压力与饮酒障碍之间的关系。修改后的有针对性的非概率抽样用于招募参与者。回归分析表明，当同时进行检查时，基于种族和性取向的歧视是与酒精相关的结果的唯一预测因子​​；性别歧视并不是唯一的预测因素。心理困扰是少数人际交往压力与酒精相关结果之间的重要中介。未来的研究应该扩大少数族裔交际压力对酒精与健康差异的有害影响，包括确定介导和/或调节这种关系的心理健康变量。