TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Drinking patterns, problems, and motivations among collegiate bisexual women
JO  - Journal of American college health
A1  - Bostwick, Wendy B.
A1  - McCabe, Sean Esteban
A1  - Horn, Stacey
A1  - Hughes, T.
A1  - Johnson, T.
A1  - Valles, Jesus Ramirez
SP  - 285
EP  - 292
VL  - 56
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0744-8481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3200/JACH.56.3.285-292
ID  - ref1
ER  -