An Assessment of Racial and Ethnic and Sexual Identity Centrality and Smoking Behavior

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ID3635929
AuthorsZelma Oyarvide Tuthill (0000-0002-3441-3052, Department of Sociology and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, The University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume70
Issue11
Pages2583-2606
Publication date2023-09-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2022.2071137
PMID35616394
OpenAlexW4281558791
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited62

Although evidence indicates that identity centrality, or identity importance, can serve as a positive coping mechanism regarding well-being, less is known if it can also buffer against health risk behaviors like cigarette smoking. This study uses an intercategorical intersectional approach using data from 1,571 Black and Latino/a sexual and gender minority adults in the Social Justice Sexuality Project to assess the relationship between sexual and racial and ethnic identity centrality and smoking patterns. Relative risk ratios from multinomial logistic regressions highlight three findings. First, there is no evidence of a significant association between identity centrality and smoking behavior nor evidence of a significant interaction effect between racial and ethnic and sexual identity centrality. Once models were adjusted for education, the association between centrality and smoking was no longer significant. Second, results indicate that education, gender identity, familial support and outness were significant predictors of smoking behaviors. Third, results suggest that there are significant differences across the intersection of race and ethnicity and sexual identity in relative risk of smoking. In addition, findings highlight elevated risk of engaging in more casual behaviors of smoking as opposed to heightened smoking behavior among both Black and Latino/a sexual minority adults

Centrality · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Human sexuality · Identity (music · Sexual identity · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Demography · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology

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