Trevor A Hart, Syed W Noor, Farideh Tavangar, Graham W Berlin, Shayna Skakoon-Sparling, Darrell H S Tan, Gilles Lambert, Daniel Grace, Jody Jollimore, Jordan M Sang, Allison L Kirschbaum, Rahim Kanji, Herak Apelian, Joseph Cox, David M Moore, Nathan Lachowsky
OBJECTIVE: While crystal methamphetamine use by gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBM) is associated with increased risk for sexually transmitted infection (STI) transmission, less is understood about the causal pathways between crystal methamphetamine use and STIs. We examined whether the association between greater crystal methamphetamine risk and prevalent bacterial STI diagnosis among GBM was mediated by two types of attitudinal variables: attitudes toward condoms, and sexual escape motives, defined as the use of substances to escape self-awareness during sex, and by sexual behaviors...
December 7, 2022: Drug and Alcohol Dependence