Do psychosocial factors mediate sexual minorities' risky sexual behaviour? A twin study.

Olakunle Ayokunmi Oginni Patrick Jern Qazi Rahman Frühling Vesta Rijsdijk

Published in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2021)

The relationships between sexual minority status, psychosocial adversity, substance use, and sexual health disparities appeared independent of genetic and environmental influences. Individual and systemic interventions to reduce psychosocial disadvantage and substance use can also decrease sexual health disparities among sexual minorities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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