ArticleJournal of clinical psychology2020
The minority strengths model: Development and initial path analytic validation in racially/ethnically diverse LGBTQ individuals.
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- Instruments Used to Measure Sexual Identity Minority Stress: A COSMIN Systematic Review.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Pooled it
- Group Therapies for Gender Minority Stress: Systematic Review and Affirmative Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy Process PresentationTurk psikiyatri dergisi = Turkish journal of psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
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- Sexual Orientation and Social Isolation from Early Adulthood to Early Midlife.Journal of health and social behavior · 2026Article
- Depression and homonegativity disparities in Brazilian gay men: The importance of HIV-status.Journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- Genitopelvic pain in racially/ethnically, sexually, and gender/sex minoritized samples in Canada and the United States: a scoping review.Sexual medicine reviews · 2026Article
- "I Know How to Identify and Communicate My Needs": A Qualitative Study of the Self-Perceived Strengths of People in Polyamorous Relationships.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2026Article
- Comparing sexual minority and heterosexual women's intimate partner violence treatment outcomes: Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.Psychological services · 2026Article
- Medication adherence, health outcomes, and perceived social performance in Black Americans receiving hemodialysis.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026Article
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- Chilean gender identity support program in children and adolescents: review of a public health policy.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Measurement instruments for sexual identity minority stress in adults: A scoping review.PloS one · 2026Article
- Applying an intersectional lens to alcohol inequities: A conceptual framework.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Article
- Do sexual minority strengths buffer the association between sexual minority stressors and loneliness among midlife and older sexual minority cisgender men?Aging & mental health · 2025Article
- Supporting Queer and Trans Youth Who Hold BIPOC Identities: A Literature Review and Model to Inform Intersectional, Liberation-Focused Clinical Practice.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Review
- A Cross-Cultural Study of Social Support from Family, Friends, and Significant Others and Mental Health Among Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese Gay and Lesbian Young Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Examining Longitudinal Risk and Strengths-Based Factors Associated with Depression Symptoms Among Sexual Minority Men in Canada.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Intraminority stress, body image, and community connectedness: associations with disordered eating among sexual minority men.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe minority stress model and much research based upon it tend to adopt and reinforce a deficit-based approach. This study created and initially validated the minority strengths model, which by contrast outlines how personal and collective strengths in minority populations create resilience and positive mental and physical health. MATERIALS AND
methodA sample of 317 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds completed a national online survey.
resultsA minority strengths path model was generated with statistically significant paths and good fit indices, including all possible significant indirect effects. The model explained 16.8% of the variance in identity pride, 19.7% in self-esteem, 32.9% in resilience, 41.6% in mental health, and 13.0% in positive health behaviors.
conclusionsThe minority strengths model holds promise to stimulate research on the personal and collective strengths of minority populations and the ways in which strengths generate resilience and positive mental and physical health.
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