Yijie Wang, Youchuan Zhang, Zhenqiang Zhao, Elizabeth Jelsma, Heining Cham, Hannah Wadsworth, Jinjin Yan, Shadane Johnson, Margarita Alegría, Tiffany Yip
PURPOSE: The study aimed to investigate longitudinal, bidirectional associations between discrimination due to multiple reasons (race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, weight; termed multiple discrimination) and substance use (SU) intention in late childhood. These associations were compared across youth with no, single, and multiple (i.e., intersecting) marginalized identities based on race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and overweight status. METHODS: Data were drawn from a national sample of youth in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study (N = 8,530; 9-12 years old)...
March 13, 2024: Journal of Adolescent Health