Demographic Predictors of Event-Level Associations between Alcohol Consumption and Sexual Behavior

Wells, Brooke E.; Rendina, H. Jonathon; Kelly, Brian C.; Golub, Sarit A.; Parsons, Jeffrey T.

doi:10.1007/s11524-015-0015-8

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“…Women on average have reported consuming an average of three drinks before a hookup (Fielder and Carey, 2010b) or as many as five (LaBrie et al, 2014) whereas in the only study assessing men’s drinking level, the average was seven (LaBrie et al, 2014). Other event level research indicates that college students, especially those who are single or who report hooking up, are more likely to engage in sexual behaviors on days when they used more alcohol relative to those who were in casual or committed relationships (Patrick et al, 2015; Wells et al, 2016). However, as with global association studies, relationships between event-level alcohol and sexual behaviors are not entirely consistent.…”

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Growing Up, Hooking Up, and Drinking: A Review of Uncommitted Sexual Behavior and Its Association With Alcohol Use and Related Consequences Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States

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Hookups are uncommitted sexual encounters that range from kissing to intercourse and occur between individuals in whom there is no current dating relationship and no expressed or acknowledged expectations of a relationship following the hookup. Research over the last decade has begun to focus on hooking up among adolescents and young adults with significant research demonstrating how alcohol is often involved in hooking up. Given alcohol’s involvement with hooking up behavior, the array of health consequences associated with this relationship, as well as its increasing prevalence from adolescence to young adulthood, it is important to determine the predictors and consequences associated with alcohol-related hooking up. The current review extends prior reviews by adding more recent research, including both qualitative and experimental studies (i.e., expanding to review more diverse methods), research that focuses on the use of technology in alcohol-related hookups (i.e., emerging issues), further develops prevention and intervention potentials and directions, and also offers a broader discussion of hooking up outside of college student populations (i.e., expanding generalization). This article will review the operationalization and ambiguity of the phrase hooking up, the relationship between hooking up and alcohol use at both the global and event levels, predictors of alcohol-related hooking up, and both positive and negative consequences, including sexual victimization, associated with alcohol-related hookups. Throughout, commentary is provided on the methodological issues present in the field, as well as limitations of the existing research. Future directions for research that could significantly advance our understanding of hookups and alcohol use are provided.

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Growing Up, Hooking Up, and Drinking: A Review of Uncommitted Sexual Behavior and Its Association With Alcohol Use and Related Consequences Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States

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“…As noted, research has consistently demonstrated that illicit drug use is associated with sexual risk behavior (17–19), but findings have been inconsistent for alcohol use (17, 18) and event-level studies typically do not find a significant association between alcohol use and sexual risk behavior (21–24). Consistent with a previous event-level study (26), we found a positive association between alcohol use (in general and before sex) and CAS with casual partners, but not with serious partners.…”

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“…There is some evidence that alcohol has a different effect on sexual behavior with casual versus serious partners, although findings have been mixed. In a sample of young adults (33% MSM), alcohol use had a stronger influence on sex among single people compared to partnered people (24). Additionally, an event-level study found a positive association between alcohol use before sex and CAS with casual partners, but not serious partners (26).…”

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“…However, research has yet to examine the associations between other drinking motives (e.g., to cope with negative emotions, to enhance pleasure, to facilitate social interactions) and CAS, especially at the event-level. Additionally, although research has consistently demonstrated that illicit drug use is associated with sexual risk behavior (17–20), findings have been inconsistent for alcohol use (17, 18) and event-level studies typically do not find a significant association between alcohol use and sexual risk behavior (21–24). Drinking motives may help to explain these inconsistent findings, as the influence of alcohol use on sexual risk behavior may depend on one’s motivation for drinking.…”

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Event-Level Associations Among Drinking Motives, Alcohol Consumption, and Condomless Anal Sex in a Sample of Young Men Who Have Sex With Men

Feinstein

Newcomb

2017

AIDS Behav

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Young men who have sex with men (YMSM) are at increased risk for HIV and problematic alcohol use. Drinking motives are associated with alcohol use in cross-sectional studies, but their associations with alcohol use and condomless anal sex (CAS) at the event-level remain unclear. The current study examined these event-level associations in a sample of 189 YMSM who completed self-report measures on a daily or weekly basis for two months. Participants were recruited between August 2014 and April 2015 for a randomized trial designed to study behavioral reactivity in diary studies. YMSM consumed more alcohol on days when they drank to cope, to enhance pleasure, or to be more social. CAS with casual partners was more likely on days when they consumed more alcohol. Drinking motives were not associated with CAS. Interventions may benefit from addressing drinking motives and the influence of alcohol use on CAS in different types of relationships.

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“…In 2017, Feinstein and Newcomb reported that same-day drinking among YMSM correlated with CAS with casual partners [ 25 ]. To date, no other studies with YMSM have replicated these findings, although same-day alcohol use has been found to be correlated with sexual behavior among YMSM [ 26 ]. Further, no studies in YMSM populations have used immediate event-level data of last sex for analysis.…”

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Condom and Substance Use at Last Sex: Differences between MSMO and MSWO High School Youth

Phillips

Kalmin

Turner

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IJERPH

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HIV disproportionately impacts youth, particularly young men who have sex with men (YMSM), a population that includes subgroups of young men who have sex with men only (YMSMO) and young men who have sex with men and women (YMSMW). In 2015, among male youth, 92% of new HIV diagnoses were among YMSM. The reasons why YMSM are disproportionately at risk for HIV acquisition, however, remain incompletely explored. We performed event-level analyses to compare how the frequency of condom use, drug and/or alcohol use at last sex differed among YMSMO and YMSWO (young men who have sex with women only) over a ten-year period from 2005–2015 within the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). YMSMO were less likely to use condoms at last sex compared to YMSWO. However, no substance use differences at last sexual encounter were detected. From 2005–2015, reported condom use at last sex significantly declined for both YMSMO and YMSWO, though the decline for YMSMO was more notable. While there were no significant differences in alcohol and substance use at last sex over the same ten-year period for YMSMO, YMSWO experienced a slight but significant decrease in reported alcohol and substance use. These event-level analyses provide evidence that YMSMO, similar to adult MSMO, may engage in riskier sexual behaviors compared to YMSWO, findings which may partially explain the increased burden of HIV in this population. Future work should investigate how different patterns of event-level HIV risk behaviors vary over time among YMSMO, YMSWO, and YMSMW, and are tied to HIV incidence among these groups.

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Demographic Predictors of Event-Level Associations between Alcohol Consumption and Sexual Behavior

Cited by 6 publications

References 77 publications

Growing Up, Hooking Up, and Drinking: A Review of Uncommitted Sexual Behavior and Its Association With Alcohol Use and Related Consequences Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States

Growing Up, Hooking Up, and Drinking: A Review of Uncommitted Sexual Behavior and Its Association With Alcohol Use and Related Consequences Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States

Event-Level Associations Among Drinking Motives, Alcohol Consumption, and Condomless Anal Sex in a Sample of Young Men Who Have Sex With Men

Condom and Substance Use at Last Sex: Differences between MSMO and MSWO High School Youth

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