Taken together, this literature suggests that stigma-related stress may contribute to the development of coping motives for drinking. Indeed, discrimination is associated with negative affect (Diaz, et al., 2001; Herek et al., 1999; Kessler, Mickelson, & Williams, 1999; Mays & Cochran, 2001; Meyer, 1995), and this increased negative affect may trigger motives to cope by drinking. In addition, positive expectancies about the effects of alcohol (e.g., that it will reduce tension) contribute to motives to cope by drinking (Cooper et al., 1995), and LGB young adults have greater positive alcohol expectancies than heterosexuals (Hatzenbuehler, Corbin, & Fromme, 2008a; Ziyadeh et al., 2007).
