2024
A Qualitative Exploration of Minority Stress, Mental Health, and Sexual Health Among Arab Immigrant Sexual Minority Men in the United States
Abboud S, Chaudhry A, Pachankis J. A Qualitative Exploration of Minority Stress, Mental Health, and Sexual Health Among Arab Immigrant Sexual Minority Men in the United States. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology 2024 PMID: 38300597, DOI: 10.1037/cdp0000645.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSexual minority menMental healthSexual healthCoping strategiesDevelopment of mental health interventionsSexual minority stressorsExperiences of immigrantsMental health interventionsUnited States objectivesCommunity-based organizationsAdaptive coping strategiesUnited StatesIntersectional identitiesMinority stressMinority stressorsCisgender menHealth interventionsMinority menSocial supportThematic analysisInterview transcriptsState objectivesSalient themesU.S. statesQualitative exploration
2021
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 resilienceOddsMenCultural Context Matters: Testing the Minority Stress Model Among Chinese Sexual Minority Men
Sun S, Hoyt WT, Tarantino N, Pachankis JE, Whiteley L, Operario D, Brown LK. Cultural Context Matters: Testing the Minority Stress Model Among Chinese Sexual Minority Men. Journal Of Counseling Psychology 2021, 68: 526-537. PMID: 33030914, PMCID: PMC8026770, DOI: 10.1037/cou0000535.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSexual minority menSexual minoritiesMinority menMinority stress theorySexual identity concernsMinority stress modelNorm conformityChinese cultureCultural contextCultural considerationsAlternative model testingDistal minority stressorsMinority stressorsChinese contextIdentity concernsGlobal contextMental health disparitiesProximal minority stressorsLow family supportAcceptance concernsEast Asian countriesWestern samplesContextMinorityFamily support
2020
Sex, status, competition, and exclusion: Intraminority stress from within the gay community and gay and bisexual men’s mental health.
Pachankis JE, Clark KA, Burton CL, Hughto JMW, Bränström R, Keene DE. Sex, status, competition, and exclusion: Intraminority stress from within the gay community and gay and bisexual men’s mental health. Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology 2020, 119: 713-740. PMID: 31928026, PMCID: PMC7354883, DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000282.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBisexual men's mental healthMen's mental healthStatus concernsGay communityBisexual menCommunity stressMinority stress theorySociological accountsQualitative interviewingCommunity exclusionSexual orientationGayCommunity focusSexual relationshipsMen's feelingsMinority stressorsMental healthSocial statusCommunity statusCompetitive pressureExclusionCommunityMultistage studyPartial supportStress theory
2015
A Minority Stress—Emotion Regulation Model of Sexual Compulsivity Among Highly Sexually Active Gay and Bisexual Men
Pachankis JE, Rendina HJ, Restar A, Ventuneac A, Grov C, Parsons JT. A Minority Stress—Emotion Regulation Model of Sexual Compulsivity Among Highly Sexually Active Gay and Bisexual Men. Health Psychology 2015, 34: 829-840. PMID: 25528179, PMCID: PMC4476950, DOI: 10.1037/hea0000180.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBisexual menSexual healthProximal minority stressorsSignificant public health concernMen's sexual healthPublic health concernPotential treatment targetSexual compulsivityMental health problemsHIV infectionStress mediatorsTreatment targetsDistal minority stressorsHealth problemsSexual partnersHealth concernMental healthMinority stressorsEmotion dysregulationMenMinority stress processesDysregulationEmotion regulation modelActive gayUniversal mediator
2014
Toward Formulating Evidence-Based Principles of LGB-Affirmative Psychotherapy.
Proujansky RA, Pachankis JE. Toward Formulating Evidence-Based Principles of LGB-Affirmative Psychotherapy. Pragmatic Case Studies In Psychotherapy 2014, 10: 117-131. PMID: 26617475, PMCID: PMC4662552, DOI: 10.14713/pcsp.v10i2.1854.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSexual minority clientsMinority stressMinority clientsSexual minority individualsMental health problemsEmotion awarenessStress cognitionHealthy identitySkillful approachMental health impactMinority stressorsPsychotherapy principlesTreatment approachesSupportive relationshipsMental healthSubstance abuseEvidence-based principlesMinority individualsUnique strengthsClinical expert consensusInternalized homophobiaEmpirical researchRecent attemptsSpecific principlesGay men