ArticleAmerican journal of public health2014
Sexual minority women and depressive symptoms throughout adulthood.
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- Prevalence of Chronic Pelvic Pain by Sexual Orientation in a Large Cohort of Young Women in the United States.The journal of sexual medicine · 2022Article
- Elevated Depressive Symptoms Are a Stronger Predictor of Executive Dysfunction in HIV-Infected Women Than in Men.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2019Article
- Mining for Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) in Sexual Minority Women Who Survive Intimate Partner Violence: A Conceptual Perspective.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Association Between Depressive Symptom Patterns and Clinical Profiles Among Persons Living with HIV.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
- Simple Power and Sample Size Estimation for Non-Randomized Longitudinal Difference in Differences Studies.Journal of biometrics & biostatistics · 2018Article
- Bisexual-Specific Minority Stressors, Psychological Distress, and Suicidality in Bisexual Individuals: the Mediating Role of Loneliness.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2017Article
- We're Here and We're Queer: Sexual Orientation and Sexual Fluidity Differences Between Bisexual and Queer Women.Journal of bisexuality · 2017Article
- Reproductive coercion, sexual risk behaviours and mental health symptoms among young low-income behaviourally bisexual women: implications for nursing practice.Journal of clinical nursing · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe examined the associations between depressive symptoms and sexual identity and behavior among women with or at risk for HIV.
methodsWe analyzed longitudinal data from 1811 participants in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) from 1994 to 2013 in Brooklyn and the Bronx, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Washington, DC; and Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, by comparing depressive symptoms by baseline sexual identity and ongoing sexual behavior. We controlled for age, socioeconomic status, violence history, and substance use.
resultsIn separate analyses, bisexual women and women who reported having sex with both men and women during follow-up had higher unadjusted odds of depressive symptoms compared with heterosexuals and women who reported only having male sexual partners (adjusted odd ratio [AOR] = 1.36; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.10, 1.69 and AOR = 1.21; 95% CI = 1.06, 1.37, respectively). Age was a significant effect modifier in multivariable analysis; sexual minority women had increased odds of depressive symptoms in early adulthood, but they did not have these odds at midlife. Odds of depressive symptoms were lower among some sexual minority women at older ages.
conclusionsPatterns of depressive symptoms over the life course of sexual minority women with or at risk for HIV might differ from heterosexual women and from patterns observed in the general aging population.
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