ArticleJournal of personality and social psychology2020
Sex, status, competition, and exclusion: Intraminority stress from within the gay community and gay and bisexual men's mental health.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 250 citations in OpenAlex.
- Social support and internalizing psychopathology among sexual and gender minority individuals: A meta-analysis.Clinical psychology review · 2026Pooled it
- The role of minority stress in disordered eating: a systematic review of the literature.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Pooled it
- Sexual orientation concealment and mental health: A conceptual and meta-analytic review.Psychological bulletin · 2020Pooled it
- The moderating role of sexual identity centrality in the association between gay community stress and social anxiety among sexual minority men.Journal of affective disorders · 2025Trial
- Moderators of LGBQ-affirmative cognitive behavioral therapy: ESTEEM is especially effective among Black and Latino sexual minority men.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2023Trial
- A transdiagnostic minority stress intervention for gender diverse sexual minority women's depression, anxiety, and unhealthy alcohol use: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2020Trial
- Greater Intraminority Stressors Predict Body Dissatisfaction, Cognitive Restraint, and More Muscle Building One Month Later in Sexual Minoritized Men.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Differences in eating and body image disturbances and sociocultural stressors in sexual minoritized men by sexual self-labels.Discover mental health · 2026Article
- Associations between sexual minority and intraminority stressors and thinness- and muscularity-oriented eating and body image disturbances in sexual minoritized men: Variable-centered, person-centered, and network analyses.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- An Intersectional Analysis of Intraminority Stigma Experiences and Community Involvement Among Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Gay Men.Journal of homosexuality · 2026Article
- Scoping Review of Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research in Ireland.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Article
- Clarifying the Association Between Proximal Minority Stress and Relationship Satisfaction Among Partnered Latter-day Saint Sexual Minoritized Adults: The Roles of Authenticity and Community Connectedness.Journal of social and personal relationships · 2026Article
- Differences in Eating and Body Image Disturbances and Sociocultural Stressors in Sexual Minoritized Men by Sexual Self-Labels Submit toResearch square · 2026Article
- Intraminority Body Stigma and Body Dissatisfaction Clarify the Prospective Link Between LGBTQ+ Community Involvement and Thinness-Oriented Disordered Eating in Sexual Minoritized Men.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- "Oh, You've Come to Visit the Yard?": Phenotypic Capital, Intragroup Marginalization, and the Gated Sanctuary in Black LGBTQ+ Communities.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Narratives of Disconnection: A Life Course Perspective of Methamphetamine Use Among Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Measurement instruments for sexual identity minority stress in adults: A scoping review.PloS one · 2026Article
- Validation of the Brief Assessment of Stress and Eating (BASE) in cisgender gay men and lesbian women.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Identity in turmoil: Investigating the morally injurious dimensions of minority stress.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Reflections on Using the Eating Disorders Examination to Assess Eating Disorder Pathology in Queer Men.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
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Abstract
Gay and bisexual men might face unique, status-based competitive pressures given that their social and sexual relationships often occur with other men, who are known to compete for social and sexual gain. In a multistage study, we delineated intraminority gay community stress theory-that status-focused elements of the gay community challenge the mental health of gay and bisexual men. We first created a measure of gay community stress with items derived from qualitative interviewing (
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