Open AccessDimensions of Sexual Orientation and the Prevalence of Mood and Anxiety Disorders in the United States
Author(s) -
Wendy B. Bostwick,
Carol J. Boyd,
Tonda L. Hughes,
Sean Esteban McCabe
Publication year - 2010
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.2008.152942
Subject(s) - sexual orientation , anxiety , lesbian , mood , sexual minority , mental health , population , psychology , odds , mood disorders , clinical psychology , psychiatry , homosexuality , demography , medicine , social psychology , logistic regression , sociology , psychoanalysis
We used data from a nationally representative sample to examine the associations among 3 dimensions of sexual orientation (identity, attraction, and behavior), lifetime and past-year mood and anxiety disorders, and sex.