2023
Moderators of LGBQ-Affirmative Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: ESTEEM Is Especially Effective Among Black and Latino Sexual Minority Men
Keefe J, Rodriguez-Seijas C, Jackson S, Bränström R, Harkness A, Safren S, Hatzenbuehler M, Pachankis J. Moderators of LGBQ-Affirmative Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: ESTEEM Is Especially Effective Among Black and Latino Sexual Minority Men. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology 2023, 91: 150-164. PMID: 36780265, PMCID: PMC10276576, DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000799.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive behavioral therapyCommunity mental health treatmentBehavioral health concernsBehavioral therapyPotential moderatorsAlcohol/drug use problemsControl conditionAlcohol/drug problemsMinority stress processesBisexual menMinority stress factorsMental health treatmentDrug use problemsHealth concernComorbidity Index scoreSignificant moderatorTransmission risk behaviorsEffective skillsStudy therapistsStress processBehavioral health risksModeratorUse problemsMinority identificationHealth treatment
2021
Social Anxiety Among Sexual Minority Individuals: A Systematic Review
Mahon C, Lombard-Vance R, Kiernan G, Pachankis J, Gallagher P. Social Anxiety Among Sexual Minority Individuals: A Systematic Review. Psychology And Sexuality 2021, 13: 818-862. DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2021.1936140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial anxiety symptomsSexual minority individualsSocial anxietyAnxiety symptomsMinority individualsPsychological interventionsHigher social anxiety symptomsSocial anxiety levelsSexual minority populationsMinority stress processesMental health symptomsGeneral social processesPsychological concernsHealth symptomsStress processAnxiety levelsAnxietyBisexual individualsLesbian individualsSexual minority menSocial processesSexual minority subgroupsQualitative findingsMinority subgroupsEmpirical literatureRisk 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
2020
Addressing Minority Stress and Mental Health among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in China
Sun S, Pachankis JE, Li X, Operario D. Addressing Minority Stress and Mental Health among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in China. Current HIV/AIDS Reports 2020, 17: 35-62. PMID: 31950336, PMCID: PMC7050812, DOI: 10.1007/s11904-019-00479-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMinority stress theoryMental health issuesPsychological healthMinority stressPsychological distressMental healthChinese MSMProximal minority stressPrevalent mental health issuesFuture intervention researchMental health interventionsStress theoryHealth issuesElevated riskMental health disparitiesPrejudice eventsStress processIntervention researchHIV/STI riskMental health servicesHIV prevention effortsSexual minoritiesRecent FindingsResultsAlcohol dependenceSuicidal behavior