Effects of Minority Stress, Group-Level Coping, and Social Support on Mental Health of German Gay Men

According to epidemiological studies, gay men are at a higher risk of mental disorders than heterosexual men. In the current study, the minority stress theory was investigated in German gay men: 1) it was hypothesized that minority stressors would positively predict mental health problems and that 2...

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Vydáno v:PloS one Ročník 11; číslo 3; s. e0150562
Hlavní autoři: Sattler, Frank A., Wagner, Ulrich, Christiansen, Hanna
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: United States Public Library of Science 04.03.2016
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Témata:
Activism
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Biology and Life Sciences
Bisexuality
Demographic aspects
Demographics
Demography
Epidemiology
Gay men
Gays & lesbians
Germany
Health problems
Health promotion
Homosexuality, Male - psychology
Humans
Identification methods
LGBTQ rights movements
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Men
Mens health
Mental disorders
Mental Health
Middle Aged
Minority Groups - psychology
Models, Psychological
People and Places
Predictions
Psychological aspects
Regression Analysis
Research and Analysis Methods
Risk factors
Sexual behavior
Sexual orientation discrimination
Social aspects
Social factors
Social interactions
Social Sciences
Social Support
Stress
Stress (Psychology)
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Stresses
Victimization
Young Adult
Germany
ISSN:1932-6203, 1932-6203
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Shrnutí:According to epidemiological studies, gay men are at a higher risk of mental disorders than heterosexual men. In the current study, the minority stress theory was investigated in German gay men: 1) it was hypothesized that minority stressors would positively predict mental health problems and that 2) group-level coping and social support variables would moderate these predictions negatively. Data from 1,188 German self-identified gay men were collected online. The questionnaire included items about socio-demographics, minority stress (victimization, rejection sensitivity, and internalized homonegativity), group-level coping (disclosure of sexual orientation, homopositivity, gay affirmation, gay rights support, and gay rights activism), and social support (gay social support and non-gay social support). A moderated multiple regression was conducted. Minority stressors positively predicted mental health problems. Group-level coping did not interact with minority stressors, with the exception of disclosure and homopositivity interacting marginally with some minority stressors. Further, only two interactions were found for social support variables and minority stress, one of them marginal. Gay and non-gay social support inversely predicted mental health problems. In addition, disclosure and homopositivity marginally predicted mental health problems. The findings imply that the minority stress theory should be modified. Disclosure does not have a relevant effect on mental health, while social support variables directly influence mental health of gay men. Group-level coping does not interact with minority stressors relevantly, and only one relevant interaction between social support and minority stress was found. Further longitudinal or experimental replication is needed before transferring the results to mental health interventions and prevention strategies for gay men.
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Conceived and designed the experiments: FAS UW HC. Performed the experiments: FAS UW HC. Analyzed the data: FAS UW HC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FAS UW HC. Wrote the paper: FAS UW HC.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0150562