Society matters: The mediational role of social recognition in the relationship between victimization and life satisfaction among gay men | Zendy

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Society matters: The mediational role of social recognition in the relationship between victimization and life satisfaction among gay men

Author(s) -

Bachmann Anne S.,

Simon Bernd

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

european journal of social psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609

H-Index - 111

eISSN - 1099-0992

pISSN - 0046-2772

DOI - 10.1002/ejsp.2007

Subject(s) - psychology , social psychology , life satisfaction , social identity theory , coping (psychology) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , social group

This article examines the role of social recognition in the relationship between gay men's victimization and their life satisfaction. Using a comprehensive catalog of victimization, we obtained empirical evidence that strongly suggests that victimization negatively affects gay men's life satisfaction and that this relationship is mainly mediated by a perceived lack of social recognition in society. In addition, although active involvement in the gay community served as a coping mechanism, concealment of one's sexual identity played no role in the victimization–life satisfaction relationship, neither as a coping mechanism nor as a competing mediator. The mediational role of societal recognition underlines the importance of the symbolic meaning of victimization. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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