ArticleJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)2017
Unpacking the Influence of Sexual Stigma on HIV Risk: Results From a Prospective Study of Men Who Have Sex With Men in Beijing, China.
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- Age and Education Disparities in Internalized Homophobia, Social Avoidance, Depressive Symptoms, and Sexualized Drug Use Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China: A Mediation Analysis.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Patterns of sexual and HIV-related stigma among men who have sex with men and women living with HIV in Haiti.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Cultural context matters: Testing the minority stress model among Chinese sexual minority men.Journal of counseling psychology · 2021Article
- Psychosocial Problems and Vulnerability to HIV in a Multi-City Prospective Cohort of Young Transgender Women in the United States: A Structural Equation Modeling Study.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2021Article
- Methodologies of Stigma-Related Research Amongst Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) and Transgender People in Asia and the Pacific Low/Middle Income Countries (LMICs): A Scoping Review.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2021Article
- Addressing Minority Stress and Mental Health among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in China.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2020Review
- Social Capital Moderates the Relationship Between Stigma and Sexual Risk Among Male Sex Workers in the US Northeast.AIDS and behavior · 2020Article
- A health communication intervention to integrate partner testing with antiretroviral therapy service among men who have sex with men in China: an observational cohort study.BMC public health · 2018Observational
- The Effect of Psycho-Social Problems on Risky Behaviors in People Living With HIV in Tehran, Iran.Journal of family & reproductive health · 2018Article
- The relation between mental health, homosexual stigma, childhood abuse, community engagement, and unprotected anal intercourse among MSM in China.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- The Relationship Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Posttraumatic Growth Among HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men in Beijing, China: The Mediating Roles of Coping Strategies.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe examined the mediating roles of coping, depression, anxiety, and encountering difficult sexual situations in explaining the association between stigma against men who have sex with men (MSM) and HIV risk.
methodsWe conducted path analyses using longitudinal data collected from 493 Chinese MSM in Beijing at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months from 2011 to 2013.
resultsMSM stigma, specifically anticipations of stigma, had a marginally significant, protective total effect on unprotected anal intercourse at 12 months. This overall association, however, was the byproduct of 5 significant, indirect associations (3 risk enhancing, 2 protective) that routed through coping, anxiety, and difficult sexual situations. Of note, heavier use of avoidant coping principally had a protective effect on risk behavior by decreasing difficult sexual situations.
conclusionsInterventions to reduce avoidant coping would be an important tool for improving the emotional well-being of Chinese MSM. Such interventions, however, must be paired with biomedical or behavioral HIV prevention strategies to ensure that their benefit is not undermined by unintended increased HIV transmission risk in response to reduced social isolation among MSM.
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