ArticleHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2018
Psychometric analysis of the Life Worries Scale for a new generation of sexual minority men: The P18 Cohort Study.
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- An Exploration of Racial Differences of Psychosocial Stressors and Their Association With Mental Health Between Asian and White Sexual Minority Men: The P18 Cohort Study.Asian American journal of psychology · 2023Article
- Evidence for the Confluence of Cigarette Smoking, Other Substance Use, and Psychosocial and Mental Health in a Sample of Urban Sexual Minority Young Adults: The P18 Cohort Study.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2021Article
- Racial and ethnic disparities in "stop-and-frisk" experience among young sexual minority men in New York City.PloS one · 2021Article
- Assessment of spatial mobility among young men who have sex with men within and across high HIV prevalence neighborhoods in New York city: The P18 neighborhood study.Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology · 2020Article
- Misinformation, Gendered Perceptions, and Low Healthcare Provider Communication Around HPV and the HPV Vaccine Among Young Sexual Minority Men in New York City: The P18 Cohort Study.Journal of community health · 2020Article
- The Health Challenges of Emerging Adult Gay Men: Effecting Change in Health Care.Pediatric clinics of North America · 2020Review
- Beliefs About the End of AIDS, Concerns About PrEP Functionality, and Perceptions of HIV Risk as Drivers of PrEP Use in Urban Sexual Minority Men: The P18 Cohort Study.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
- Sexualised drug use among sexual minority young adults in the United States: The P18 cohort study.The International journal on drug policy · 2018Article
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- Positive Development and Changes in Self-Rated Health Among Young Sexual Minority Males: The P18 Cohort Study.Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.)Article
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Abstract
objectiveSexual minority men (SMM) in the United States continue to experience adverse health problems and psychosocial burdens. However, there is limited psychometric research seeking to quantify the life worries of this population. Informed by syndemic theory, the Life Worries Scale (LWS) was developed to measure the concerns of young SMM.
methodAnalyses of the scale were undertaken using baseline data (n = 665) from an ongoing cohort study of emerging adult, SMM.
resultsExploratory factor analyses (EFA) of an initial set of 24 Likert-type items, followed by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and an exploratory structural equation model (ESEM), indicated a structure consisting of 6 domains of worries: financial stability, social stability, self esteem, loneliness, physical appearance, and physical health. These 6 subscales were highly correlated and also demonstrated high levels of internal consistency. Differences in life worries were noted across demographic states, specifically HIV serostatus, sexual attraction, housing status, and self-rated health. High levels of association were also detected between all 6 subscales with both depression and PTSD, while significant correlations were detected between suicidality and both self esteem and loneliness related worries.
conclusionsThe results of our analyses provide evidence for the strong psychometric characteristics of the LWS. This newly developed instrument should be utilized in research to examine the extent to which life worries explain health outcomes and risk behaviors in sexual minority males, and may be potentially extended for use in other populations. (PsycINFO Database Record
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