2022
Emotion Regulation in Context: Expressive Flexibility as a Stigma Coping Resource for Sexual Minority Men
Wang K, Maiolatesi AJ, Burton CL, Scheer JR, Pachankis JE. Emotion Regulation in Context: Expressive Flexibility as a Stigma Coping Resource for Sexual Minority Men. Psychology Of Sexual Orientation And Gender Diversity 2022, 9: 214-221. PMID: 35757788, PMCID: PMC9231373, DOI: 10.1037/sgd0000503.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSexual orientation-related discriminationExpressive flexibilityPsychological distressSexual minority menMental healthSelf-report measuresSignificant mental health problemsStigma-related stressMental health problemsEmotion regulationStigma copingMinority menCoping interventionsCoping resourcesMen's mental healthPotential bufferU.S. sampleDistressPresent researchLongitudinal analysisDiscriminationCopingHealth problemsHigh levelsPerceptionA Pilot Test of a Treatment to Address Intersectional Stigma, Mental Health, and HIV Risk Among Gay and Bisexual Men of Color
Jackson SD, Wagner KR, Yepes M, Harvey TD, Higginbottom J, Pachankis JE. A Pilot Test of a Treatment to Address Intersectional Stigma, Mental Health, and HIV Risk Among Gay and Bisexual Men of Color. Psychotherapy 2022, 59: 96-112. PMID: 35025569, PMCID: PMC9345305, DOI: 10.1037/pst0000417.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStigma copingMental healthMinority stressHIV riskCognitive-behavioral treatmentStigma-related stressorsSexual healthCondom use efficacyCo-occurring health risksSexual minority stressHuman immunodeficiency virusHealth risksGroup therapy treatmentIntersectional stigmaMental health risksSexual health risksGroup treatmentOpen pilotYoung blacksPosttreatment assessmentPartial supportImmunodeficiency virusSexual compulsivityAlcohol useTreatment length
2017
Depression and Substance Use: Towards the Development of an Emotion Regulation Model of Stigma Coping
Wang K, Burton CL, Pachankis JE. Depression and Substance Use: Towards the Development of an Emotion Regulation Model of Stigma Coping. Substance Use & Misuse 2017, 53: 859-866. PMID: 29125383, PMCID: PMC5884706, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2017.1391011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepression-related stigmaEmotion dysregulationStigma copingSubstance useEmotion regulation modelSelf-report measuresSample of individualsRole of stigmaSubstance use problemsPrevention intervention effortsPsychological distressRemitted depressionIntervention effortsInitial supportUse problemsRegulation modelCopingLittle researchCurrent studyDepressionStigmaDrug useGreater tendencyDysregulationDistress