Multiple Minority Stress and Behavioral Health Among Young Black and Latino Sexual Minority Men

Autor:	Graham T. DiGuiseppi, Jordan P. Davis, Ankur Srivastava, Eric K. Layland, Duyen Pham, Michele D. Kipke
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Adult Male Adolescent Urology Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Obstetrics and Gynecology Hispanic or Latino Original Articles Dermatology Cohort Studies Sexual and Gender Minorities Young Adult Psychiatry and Mental health Racism Humans Minority Groups Stress Psychological
Zdroj:	LGBT Health
ISSN:	2325-8306 2325-8292
Popis:	PURPOSE: Young Black and Latino sexual minority men may experience multiple minority stressors, which may negatively impact behavioral health. To investigate this, longitudinal associations between multiple minority stressors and behavioral health outcomes were examined over a 2-year period. METHODS: Data were from the Healthy Young Men's Cohort Study. The present study used five waves of data collected every 6 months from 2016 to 2019. Participants were young Black and/or Latino sexual minority men in Los Angeles, California (n = 448; aged 16–24). Participants self-reported their experiences of racial and homonegative discrimination, internalized homonegativity, alcohol use, and depressive symptoms. Latent growth curve models with time-varying covariates examined contemporaneous associations between minority stressors as well as general life stress and behavioral health measures. RESULTS: After accounting for general life stress and demographic characteristics, racial discrimination was persistently associated with unhealthy alcohol use. Internalized homonegativity was associated with unhealthy alcohol use initially, but this association became non-significant over time. In models predicting depressive symptoms, racial discrimination was a significant predictor at early waves, and homonegative discrimination and internalized homonegativity emerged as significant predictors at later waves. CONCLUSION: These results help clarify which multiple minority stressors are more prominent in their relationship to young Black and Latino sexual minority men's unhealthy alcohol use and depressive symptoms. Interventions targeting multiple minority stressors may be needed at different times during young adulthood.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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