Open AccessTrajectories of sexual identity development and psychological well-being for highly sexually active gay and bisexual men: A latent growth curve analysis.
Author(s) -
H. Jonathon Rendina,
Joseph A. Carter,
Logan Wahl,
Brett M. Millar,
Jeffrey T. Parsons
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.98
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2329-0390
pISSN - 2329-0382
DOI - 10.1037/sgd0000308
Subject(s) - psychology , gender identity , sexual identity , latent growth modeling , minority stress , sexual orientation , sexually active , homosexuality , male homosexuality , identity (music) , sexual minority , developmental psychology , human sexuality , social psychology , gender studies , men who have sex with men , psychoanalysis , population , sociology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , demography , physics , acoustics , medicine , syphilis , family medicine
Examining sexual identity development-the process through which sexual minorities discover and disclose their sexual orientations-within a minority stress framework may help to contextualize sexual and mental health disparities among gay and bisexual men. Research on sexual identity development has typically focused on ages of achieving specific milestones (i.e., awareness, identification, sexual experience, and disclosure), though differences in onset and speed of the process and impact of these trajectories on healthy functioning in adulthood are understudied.