ArticleJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2014
Modeling minority stress effects on homelessness and health disparities among young men who have sex with men.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence, severity and risk factors for mental disorders among sexual and gender minority young people: a systematic review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Relationships between internalized stigma and depression and suicide risk among queer youth in the United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Mental health disorders among homeless, substance-dependent men who have sex with men.Drug and alcohol review · 2017Trial
- Correlates of Sexual Minority Stress Profiles in Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV Who Use Stimulants.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Minority stress and stimulant use among US adult sexual minority men: A systematic review.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2025Review
- Association between homelessness and PrEP uptake among men who have sex with men: Results from the American Men's Internet Survey, 2017-2021.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Article
- Sexual behavior stigma among cisgender gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in nine NHBS cities across the United States: Burden and associations with PrEP continuum and HIV care continuum outcomes.Stigma and health · 2025Article
- Youth-centered Recommendations to Address Social Stigma and Discrimination Against Unhoused Youth: An Integrative Literature Review.The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses · 2025Review
- Supportive Housing for Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals with Criminal Justice Histories: Challenges and Opportunities Identified by Providers and Clients.Housing policy debate · 2024Article
- Couch-Surfing and Mental Health Outcomes among Sexual Minority Adolescents.Journal of social distress and the homeless · 2024Article
- The Relationship between Minority Stress and Depressive Symptoms in the LGBTQA Population from Poland.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2023Article
- Drug use typology, demographic covariates, and associations with condomless anal sex: A latent class analysis among a U.S. national cohort of men who have sex with men.The International journal on drug policy · 2023Article
- Mental healthcare for young and adolescent LGBTQ+ individuals in the Indian subcontinent.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Intersectional stigma subgroup differences in unhealthy drinking and disordered marijuana use among Black and Latino cisgender sexual minority young men.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- What is the global prevalence of depression among men who have sex with men? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of general psychiatry · 2022Article
- Characterizing Racial Differences of Mental Health Burdens, Psychosocial Determinants, and Impacts on HIV Prevention Outcomes Among Young Men Who have Sex With Men: a Community-based Study in Two U.S. Cities.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Article
- Medical, therapeutic, and recreational use of cannabis among young men who have sex with men living with HIV.Addiction research & theory · 2020Article
- Stress and substance use among sexual and gender minority individuals across the lifespan.Neurobiology of stress · 2019Review
- Risk and Protective Factors for Substance Use among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: A Scoping Review.Current addiction reports · 2018Article
- Sexual minority youth of color: A content analysis and critical review of the literature.Journal of gay & lesbian mental health · 2017Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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Abstract
Sexual minority youth are more likely to experience homelessness, and homeless sexual minority youth report greater risk for mental health and substance abuse symptoms than homeless heterosexual youth, yet few studies have assessed determinants that help explain the disparities. Minority stress theory proposes that physical and mental health disparities among sexual minority populations may be explained by the stress produced by living in heterosexist social environments characterized by stigma and discrimination directed toward sexual minority persons. We used data from a sample of 200 young men who have sex with men (YMSM) (38 % African American, 26.5 % Latino/Hispanic, 23.5 % White, 12 % multiracial/other) to develop an exploratory path model measuring the effects of experience and internalization of sexual orientation stigma on depression and substance use via being kicked out of home due to sexual orientation and current homelessness. Direct significant paths were found from experience of sexual orientation-related stigma to internalization of sexual orientation-related stigma, having been kicked out of one's home, experiencing homelessness during the past year, and major depressive symptoms during the past week. Having been kicked out of one's home had a direct significant effect on experiencing homelessness during the past 12 months and on daily marijuana use. Internalization of sexual orientation-related stigma and experiencing homelessness during the past 12 months partially mediated the direct effect of experience of sexual orientation-related stigma on major depressive symptoms. Our empirical testing of the effects of minority stress on health of YMSM advances minority stress theory as a framework for investigating health disparities among this population.
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