Mental health, potential minority stressors and resilience: evidence from a cross-sectional survey of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men within the Celtic nations
McGarty A, McDaid L, Flowers P, Riddell J, Pachankis J, Frankis J. Mental health, potential minority stressors and resilience: evidence from a cross-sectional survey of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men within the Celtic nations. BMC Public Health 2021, 21: 2024. PMID: 34742262, PMCID: PMC8572060, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-12030-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLogistic regression analysisCross-sectional surveyProtective effectMental healthSevere depressionSevere anxietyHealth problemsBinary logistic regression analysisOdds of anxietyCross-sectional studyOnline cross-sectional surveyRegression analysisMental health problemsFinancial worriesMen's mental healthResultsThe prevalenceSense of coherenceSelf-report online surveyGreater riskGBMSMDepressionMinority stressorsRole of resilienceOddsMenRisk and Protective Factors for Social Anxiety Among Sexual Minority Individuals
Mahon CP, Pachankis JE, Kiernan G, Gallagher P. Risk and Protective Factors for Social Anxiety Among Sexual Minority Individuals. Archives Of Sexual Behavior 2021, 50: 1015-1032. PMID: 33398699, DOI: 10.1007/s10508-020-01845-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial anxietySexual minority individualsLGBTQ community connectednessMinority stress processesExperiences of discriminationRejection sensitivitySexual minority womenMinority individualsConcealment behaviorStress processPsychological mediation frameworkStructural equation modeling analysisCommunity connectednessProximal minority stressMinority stress theoryTerms of implicationsSources of resilienceCisgender sexual minority womenSense of coherenceSexual minority communitiesHypothesized modelMediation frameworkMinority stressAnxietyInternalized homonegativity