Predicting self-esteem, well-being, and distress in a cohort of gay men: the importance of cultural stigma, personal visibility, community networks, and positive identity
| Autor: | Deborrah E. S. Frable, Camille B. Wortman, Jill G. Joseph |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Adult
Male Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study Stigma (botany) Models Psychological Peer Group Developmental psychology Social support Adaptation Psychological Humans Homosexuality Homosexuality Male reproductive and urinary physiology media_common Chicago Social Identification Self-esteem Social Support Self Concept Distress Psychological well-being Cohort behavior and behavior mechanisms Psychology Factor Analysis Statistical Prejudice Stress Psychological Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of personality. 65(3) |
| ISSN: | 0022-3506 |
| Popis: | Homosexual and bisexual men (N = 825) enrolled in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study in Chicago completed a 90-minute self-administered questionnaire that included the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, a Well-Being Index, and the Hopkins Symptom Checklist. Participants indicated their experiences with gay stigma, their visibility as gay men, their involvement in the gay community, and their commitment to a positive gay identity. Data from this predominantly white, young, educated, and middle-class cohort are consistent with a structural model in which cultural stigma is negatively associated with positive self-perceptions. This within-group result contrasts sharply with between-group results that indicate our gay cohort was neither particularly low in global self-esteem nor high in psychological distress when compared to nonstigmatized samples. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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