scholarly journals Cultural context matters: Testing the minority stress model among Chinese sexual minority men.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shufang Sun ◽  
William T. Hoyt ◽  
Nicholas Tarantino ◽  
John E. Pachankis ◽  
Laura Whiteley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Stress Model ◽  
Sexual Minority Men ◽  
Minority Men ◽  
Minority Stress Model

scholarly journals Minority stress, intra-minority stress and social anxiety: Examining an extended psychological mediation framework among sexual minority men

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Mahon ◽  
G Kiernan ◽  
P Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Rejection Sensitivity ◽  
Sexual Minority Men ◽  
Lgbt Community ◽  
Minority Men ◽  
Everyday Discrimination

Abstract Background Compared to their heterosexual counterparts, sexual minority men (SMM) are at an increased risk of social anxiety disorder. Distal (i.e., everyday discrimination) and proximal (i.e., internalised homophobia, rejection sensitivity, concealment of sexual orientation) minority stress processes are associated with heightened social anxiety for SMM. Stressors emerging from within the sexual minority male community, termed intra-minority stress, and psychological processes that may foster resilience (i.e., a sense of coherence, connectedness to the LGBT community) are less explored in this area. This study examined potential pathways between everyday discrimination, intra-minority stress, proximal minority stressors, resilience and social anxiety. Methods Self-identified SMM (N = 255) residing in the Republic of Ireland completed an online survey containing measures of minority stress, intra-minority stress, resilience and social anxiety. Structural equation modelling was used to examine the model. Results The model yielded a good fit to the data, X2(16) = 26.61, CFI = .99, TLI = .97, RMSEA = .05, and SRMR = .03. Rejection sensitivity and a sense of coherence had a significant indirect effect in the relationships between both exogenous variables (i.e., discrimination and intra-minority stress) and social anxiety. There were no significant pathways to social anxiety involving concealment of sexual orientation, internalised homophobia or LGBT community connectedness. Conclusions For SMM, minority stress processes and intra-minority stress are important determinants of social anxiety. Our findings demonstrate that proximal minority stressors may operate differently in a social anxiety context for SMM in western European countries. A sense of coherence was an integral factor in the model and demonstrated the strongest association with social anxiety.

scholarly journals Venturing beyond the “Behavioural MSM”: Sex, Chems, & Satisfaction in their Syndemic Contexts

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Steady Partner ◽  
Sexual Minority Men ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Minority Men

BACKGROUND: The health and well-being of those sexual-minority men who are often behaviourally defined as men who have sex with men (MSM) is affected by a system of interlinked factors that interact on the structural, interpersonal, and individual levels. Recently, two of the most common MSM health issues have been (a) the risks of acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STIs), mostly HIV, and (b) the sexualized use of addictive substances, known as chemsex. AIMS: On the basis of the first comprehensive Czech dataset to integrate several mutually interlinked factors on the behavioural, as well as the psychological and structural domains, we attempt to shed light on the barriers to HIV testing and adherence to safer sex practices, including the most thorough description of the chemsex phenomenon that is available. We aim to go beyond the behavioural perspective and draw links to the well-being and satisfaction of this sexual minority and their sex lives. METHODS: A series of descriptive statistical analyses was conducted on a sample of 547 respondents obtained within a self-administered online survey. RESULTS: More than half of our respondents (55%) and three-quarters (72%) of the men younger than 25 years have never been tested for HIV. One-third of the respondents considered testing services to be insufficiently friendly to gay, bisexual, or other men, and they also reported stigmatization and discrimination by healthcare workers as a problem that exists. 84% of the MSM have experience with anal sex; 43% of them always use condoms. Of all the respondents, nearly 6% have had at least one chemsex experience during their life. Only 46% of the MSM reported being satisfied with their sex lives; 52% of those who were dissatisfied attributed this to “not having a steady partner” and 49% to “not having any sex”. CONCLUSION: The sexual behaviour of MSM and their experience with HIV testing, chemsex, perceived stigma, and satisfaction with their sex lives are among the phenomena that deserve to be more regularly covered by relevant epidemiological examinations. Although our current analysis was more exploratory than in-depth, it may contribute to a better understanding of the syndemic and multifactorial conditions that influence the sexual behaviour of MSM, including the minority stress that may be rooted in deficiencies in our understanding of these populations.

scholarly journals Building Resilience in Gender and Sexual Minority Youth

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-113
Author(s):  
Diane Verrochi
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Minority Youth ◽  
Sexual Minority Youth ◽  
Stress Model ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Lgbtq Youth ◽  
Support Strategies ◽  
The Many ◽  
Minority Stress Model

LGBTQ youth are at particularly high risk for various health disparities, many of which are often explained using Meyer's Minority Stress Model (2003). Seminars using peer support strategies are helpful in supporting this age group. This article describes a workshop offered at a conference for LGBTQ youth to empower them to build resilience to the many stresses they will experience as they grow into tomorrow's leaders.

Multiple Minority Stress and Behavioral Health Among Young Black and Latino Sexual Minority Men

LGBT Health ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham T. DiGuiseppi ◽  
Jordan P. Davis ◽  
Ankur Srivastava ◽  
Eric K. Layland ◽  
Duyen Pham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Health ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Sexual Minority Men ◽  
Minority Men ◽  
Multiple Minority ◽  
Black And Latino

Transdiagnostic Approaches to Improve Sexual Minority Individuals’ Co-occurring Mental, Behavioral, and Sexual Health

2019 ◽  
pp. 457-476
Author(s):  
Craig Rodriguez-Seijas ◽  
Charles L. Burton ◽  
John E. Pachankis
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Psychosocial Health ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Sexual Minority Women ◽  
Stress Theory ◽  
Sexual Minority Men ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Minority Men ◽  
And Gender

Sexual and gender minority individuals are at elevated risk of many adverse psychosocial health outcomes, including mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders, as well as suicidality and sexually transmitted infections. Despite greater utilization of mental health services, there remain few evidence-based approaches specifically tailored for sexual minority individuals and even fewer that are designed to explicitly address the multiple co-occurring conditions that afflict this group. This chapter describes one such approach, rooted in minority stress theory, that has been shown to empirically address the multitude of problematic outcomes and behaviors among sexual minority men and is currently being developed for sexual minority women. The chapter begins by describing the theoretical underpinnings of this therapeutic approach, subsequently providing a description of the major principles underlying this intervention. This chapter ends with an illustrative case example taken from the current clinical trials of this treatment program.

Explaining the Suicide Risk of Sexual Minority Individuals by Contrasting the Minority Stress Model with Suicide Models

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (8) ◽  
pp. 1559-1570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Plöderl ◽  
Maximilian Sellmeier ◽  
Clemens Fartacek ◽  
Eva-Maria Pichler ◽  
Reinhold Fartacek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Stress Model ◽  
Minority Stress Model
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