Sexual orientation fluctuation correlated to alcohol misuse

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - 17:20 in Psychology & Sociology

Many young adults explore and define their sexual identity in college, but that process can be stressful and lead to risky behaviors. In a new study, students whose sexual self-definition didn't fall into exclusively heterosexual or homosexual categories tended to misuse alcohol more frequently than people who had a firmly defined sexual orientation for a particular gender, according to new research.

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