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ArticleArchives of sexual behavior2019

Introduction to the Special Section on Bisexual Health: Can You See Us Now?

Wendy B Bostwick, Brian Dodge

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Article in Archives of sexual behavior, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. PERCEPTIONS OF BISEXUAL IDENTITY, OUTNESS, AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG RACIALLY DIVERSE BISEXUAL WOMEN AND MEN.Self and identity : the journal of the International Society for Self and Identity · 2025
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  4. High-Risk Sexual Behaviors and Health Services Needs Among Bisexual Men in Peru: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025
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  5. Associations Between Gender and Sexuality Characteristics of Cisgender Bisexual Women and Risk of Sexual Assault.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025
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  6. How deep is the cut? The influence of daily microaggressions on bisexual women's health.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2023
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  9. Nicotine and Tobacco Product Use and Dependence Symptoms Among US Adolescents and Adults: Differences by Age, Sex, and Sexual Identity.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021
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  16. Improving the health of cisgender men who identify as bisexual: What do they want from interventions?Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2019
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  18. COVID-19 Stress and Sexual Identities.Socius : sociological research for a dynamic world
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wendy B BostwickDepartment of Health Systems Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA. wbostw1@uic.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4205-9820
Brian DodgeCenter for Sexual Health Promotion, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Indiana University Bloomington · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Health Effects of Identity-based Stressors Among MenR21MD012319 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI BOSTWICK, WENDY, DODGE, BRIAN MARK · 2017 to 2018
$453k
NIMHD NIH HHS R21 MD012319
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite comprising the largest proportion of the "lesbian, gay, and bisexual" population, research focusing on the unique health concerns and needs of bisexual individuals is relatively scarce. While health disparities are increasingly well documented among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals relative to their heterosexual and cisgender counterparts, gaps remain in our basic understanding of how health status, behaviors, and outcomes vary within these groups, especially bisexual individuals. The lack of specified research on bisexual health is even more curious given that, when separated from both heterosexual and gay/lesbian individuals, bisexual individuals consistently report higher rates of a wide range of negative health outcomes, including mood and anxiety disorders, substance use, suicidality, as well as disparities related to healthcare access and utilization. Indeed, in scientific research, mass media, and in public health interventions, bisexual individuals remain relatively invisible. This Special Section represents an effort to shed light on a new generation of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research studies that examine health-related concerns, outcomes, and intervention opportunities specifically among diverse samples of bisexual individuals from a variety of social and cultural contexts. The research herein focuses on intersections of multiple identities, the development of new measures, the use of large national data sets, and diverse groups of self-identified bisexual men (who tend to be least visible in health research). Findings from these studies will significantly advance our knowledge of factors associated with health disparities, as well as health and well-being more generally, among bisexual individuals and will help to inform directions for future health promotion research and intervention efforts.

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AdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSexual and Gender MinoritiesSexual BehaviorBisexual healthBisexualityLGBTSexual and gender minority (SGM)Sexual identitySexual orientation

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