2024
Threats to social safety and neuro-inflammatory mechanisms underlying sexual orientation disparities in depression symptom severity: A prospective cohort study of young adults
Bränström R, Hatzenbuehler M, Lattanner M, Hollinsaid N, McDade T, Pachankis J. Threats to social safety and neuro-inflammatory mechanisms underlying sexual orientation disparities in depression symptom severity: A prospective cohort study of young adults. Brain Behavior And Immunity 2024, 119: 211-219. PMID: 38548185, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2024.03.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDepressive symptom severitySexual minoritiesChronically elevated inflammationInterpersonal eventsRisk of depressionDepressive symptomsSocial safetySymptom severityElevated inflammationSocial Signal Transduction Theory of DepressionSexual minority individualsElevated risk of depressionSexual orientation disparitiesHeterosexual young adultsChronic inflammationTheory of depressionCohort study of young adultsPopulation-based evidencePre-registered analysesStudy of young adultsSevere depressive symptomsYoung adultsNationally representative sampleProspective cohort studySexual orientation
2023
The Role of Shame in the Sexual-Orientation Disparity in Mental Health: A Prospective Population-Based Study of Multimodal Emotional Reactions to Stigma
Pachankis J, Hatzenbuehler M, Klein D, Bränström R. The Role of Shame in the Sexual-Orientation Disparity in Mental Health: A Prospective Population-Based Study of Multimodal Emotional Reactions to Stigma. Clinical Psychological Science 2023, 12: 486-504. PMID: 38938414, PMCID: PMC11210704, DOI: 10.1177/21677026231177714.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStigma theoryMental healthRole of shameIndirect effectsSexual minoritiesSexual orientation disparitiesMental health sequelaeSocial anxietyAdverse mental healthEmotional reactionsMental health disparitiesRelated constructsInterpersonal stigmaInternalized stigmaShameSuicidal thoughtsYoung adultsProspective populationHeterosexual young adultsRepresentative cohortTreatment targetsLater experienceStigmaEmotionsAnxiety