title: An examination of drinkers' consequences by sexual orientation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined college student drinkers by sexual orientation (SO), alcohol use, and negative consequences in a national sample that self-identified gender and SO.
  
  
  METHODS
  Students completing the Spring 2005 National College Health Assessment (N = 54,111).
  
  
  METHODS
  A secondary analysis was conducted examining student responses by SO to items regarding negative consequences associated with alcohol.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Bisexual students had the highest mean scores on an index of alcohol-related harm. Significant differences were found by SO among male high-risk drinkers for alcohol-related consequences of "fighting" and "injuring another," and females for "injuring another" and "unprotected sex." Bisexual students had significantly greater than expected cell counts for significant results, including a significant finding for bisexual low-risk female students for alcohol-related "regret."
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that more research is necessary to discern real differences in alcohol-related risk among college students by sexual orientation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling and Addiction Studies, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan 48221-0413, USA. duryeadg@udmercy.edu
authors.forename: Daniel G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Duryea
authors.forename: Thomas T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Frantz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012737:Sex Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult