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Original Article

Intersectional forms of racism and sexual minority stress are associated with alcohol use among Latinx sexual minority men with greater Hispanic/Latinx cultural orientation

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Pages 228-238 | Received 25 May 2022, Accepted 31 Jan 2023, Published online: 04 Apr 2023
 

ABSTRACT

Background: Latinx sexual minorities with increased levels of acculturation report higher rates of alcohol use, and discrimination may impact this association. Yet, there is little research examining the concomitant impact of racism and sexual minority stress (i.e. intersectional discrimination) and the additive effect of acculturation on Latinx sexual minority men’s risk for hazardous alcohol consumption.

Objectives: This study investigated the role of perceived stressfulness of intersectional discrimination in the relation between acculturation (US cultural orientation/Hispanic cultural orientation) and alcohol use among Latinx sexual minority men.

Methods: A structural equation model was utilized to test the indirect effect of discrimination between acculturation and alcohol use with a sample of 357 Latinx sexual minority men (Mage = 28.39) recruited via Amazon MTurk.

Results: The indirect effect between the Hispanic cultural orientation to alcohol use through intersectional forms of discrimination was significant and positive (b = .19, SE = .03, p < .01). The indirect effect for the US cultural orientation to alcohol use through intersectional forms of discrimination was significant and negative (b = −.10, SE = .03, p < .01).

Conclusion: Contrary to previous literature, Latinx sexual minority men with a higher Hispanic cultural orientation reported higher levels of intersectional forms of discrimination, which in turn was associated with increased alcohol use. Those with a higher US cultural orientation reported lower levels of intersectional forms of discrimination, which in turn was associated with decreased alcohol use. These findings may help identify mechanisms that exacerbate health disparities for Latinx sexual minority men.

Resumen

Antecedentes: Las minorías sexuales Latinas con mayores niveles de aculturación informan tasas más altas de consumo de alcohol, y la discriminación puede afectar esta asociación. Sin embargo, hay poca investigaciónes que examine el impacto concomitante del racismo y el estrés de minorías sexuales (es decir, la discriminación interseccional) y el efecto aditivo de la aculturación en el riesgo de consumo peligroso de alcohol de los hombres de minorías sexuales Latinas.

Objetivos: Este estudio investigó el papel del estrés percibido de la discriminación interseccional en la relación entre la aculturación (orientación Estadounidense/orientación Hispana) y el consumo de alcohol entre hombres Latinos de minorías sexuales.

Métodos: Se utilizó un modelo de ecuación estructural para probar el efecto indirecto de la discriminación entre la aculturación y el consumo de alcohol con una muestra de 357 hombres de minorías sexuales latinas (Medad = 28.39) reclutados a través de Amazon MTurk.

Resultados: El efecto indirecto entre la orientación cultural Hispana al consumo de alcohol a través de formas interseccionales de discriminación fue significativo y positivo (b = .19, SE = .03, p < .01). El efecto indirecto para la orientación cultural Estadounidense hacia el consumo de alcohol a través de formas interseccionales de discriminación fue significativo y negativo (b = -.10, SE = .03, p < .01).

Conclusión: Contrariamente a la literatura previa, los hombres de minorías sexuales Latinas con una mayor orientación cultural Hispana informaron niveles más altos de formas interseccionales de discriminación, que a su vez se asoció con un mayor consumo de alcohol. Aquellos con una orientación cultural Estadounidense más alta informaron niveles más bajos de formas interseccionales de discriminación, que a su vez se asoció con una disminución del consumo de alcohol. Estos hallazgos ayudan a identificar los mecanismos que exacerban las disparidades de salud para los hombres de minorías sexuales Latinas.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes

1. We intentionally use the term heterosexism to capture the multilevel (e.g., interpersonal, internalized, institutional) manifestations of discrimination toward sexual minorities.

2. We moved forward with interpreting our results despite the significant chi-square as prior research indicates that the chi-square test is sensitive to sample size (Citation67).

Additional information

Funding

Research reported in this publication was, in part, supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number K08MD015289. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

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