@article{ref1,
title="Drinking patterns, problems, and motivations among collegiate bisexual women",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2007",
author="Bostwick, Wendy B. and McCabe, Sean Esteban and Horn, Stacey and Hughes, T. and Johnson, T. and Valles, Jesus Ramirez",
volume="56",
number="3",
pages="285-292",
abstract="Objective and Participants: The authors compared the drinking behaviors, motivations, and problems of collegiate bisexual women with those of heterosexual women (N = 2,788; n = 86 bisexual women). Methods: Data came from the 2003 Student Life Survey, a random population-based survey at a large midwestern university. The authors explored the hypothesis that bisexual women would be more likely than heterosexual women to report drinking motivations related to stress and coping as a result of sexual identity stigma. Results: They found that bisexual women drank significantly less than did heterosexual women. There were few differences between the 2 groups in drinking motivations and problems. Bisexual women reported a comparable number of problems related to their drinking but were significantly more likely to report contemplating suicide after drinking than were heterosexual women. Conclusions: More research is needed to understand the finding that despite lower levels of alcohol consumption, bisexual women reported a comparable number of drinking problems. College health educators and health care providers need to be aware of findings related to heightened suicidal risk among bisexual women.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.3200/JACH.56.3.285-292",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3200/JACH.56.3.285-292"
}