Validation of the Stimulant Use Motives Scale and Assessment of Its Associations with Psychosocial Functioning and Sexual Health in U.S. Men Who Have Sex with Men

Juan A. Esquivel-Mendoza; Elliott R. Weinstein; Alexandra Porras; David W. Pantalone; Katie B. Biello; Kenneth Mayer; Matthew J. Mimiaga; Steven A. Safren

doi:10.1080/10826084.2026.2687746

Validation of the Stimulant Use Motives Scale and Assessment of Its Associations with Psychosocial Functioning and Sexual Health in U.S. Men Who Have Sex with Men

Juan A. Esquivel-Mendoza
, Elliott R. Weinstein
, Alexandra Porras
, David W. Pantalone
, Katie B. Biello
, Kenneth Mayer
, Matthew J. Mimiaga
, Steven A. Safren

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Original language	English
Journal	Substance Use and Misuse
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2026.2687746
State	Accepted/In press - 2026

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Medicine (miscellaneous)
Health(social science)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

Keywords

confirmatory factor analysis
HIV risk
motives
MSM
Stimulant use

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Esquivel-Mendoza, J. A., Weinstein, E. R., Porras, A., Pantalone, D. W., Biello, K. B., Mayer, K., Mimiaga, M. J., & Safren, S. A. (Accepted/In press). Validation of the Stimulant Use Motives Scale and Assessment of Its Associations with Psychosocial Functioning and Sexual Health in U.S. Men Who Have Sex with Men. Substance Use and Misuse. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2026.2687746

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