Stress and Mental Health Among Midlife and Older Gay-Identified Men
Author(s) -
Richard Wight,
Allen J. LeBlanc,
Brian de Vries,
Roger Detels
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300384
Subject(s) - mental health , multicenter aids cohort study , ethnic group , psychology , marital status , minority stress , gerontology , affect (linguistics) , cohort , demography , medicine , clinical psychology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sexual orientation , psychiatry , population , sexual minority , social psychology , sida , communication , family medicine , sociology , viral disease , anthropology
We investigated associations between stress and mental health (positive affect, depressive symptoms) among HIV-negative and HIV-positive midlife and older gay-identified men, along with the mediating and moderating effects of mastery and emotional support. We also studied the mental health effects of same-sex marriage.
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