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A weekly diary study of minority stress, coping, and internalizing symptoms among gay men.
Author(s) -
Brian A. Feinstein,
Joanne Davila,
Christina Dyar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of consulting and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.582
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1939-2117
pISSN - 0022-006X
DOI - 10.1037/ccp0000236
Subject(s) - psychology , coping (psychology) , minority stress , coping behavior , clinical psychology , homosexuality , male homosexuality , developmental psychology , sexual minority , sexual orientation , social psychology , men who have sex with men , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychoanalysis , medicine , syphilis , family medicine
Research has demonstrated that gay men are at increased risk for internalizing disorders compared with heterosexual men and that minority stressors are risk factors. However, the mechanisms underlying the associations between minority stressors and internalizing symptoms remain unclear. The current study examined coping strategies (active and disengaged coping) as mediators of the associations between minority stressors (internalized homonegativity [IH] and rejection sensitivity [RS]) and internalizing symptoms.

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