Adolescent Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and Cannabis Use: Potential Mediations by Internalizing Disorder Risk.

Adrian ButtazzoniUlaina TariqAudra Thompson-HaileRobin BurkhalterMartin CookeLeia Minaker

Published in: Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education (2020)

Findings can be used to better inform mental health interventions for adolescents. Future study should explore specific mental health stressors of vulnerable adolescent groups with respect to cannabis use as a coping mechanism.

Keyphrases

mental health
young adults
mental illness
physical activity
depressive symptoms
human health