ArticleAnxiety, stress, and coping2023
Spirituality, self-compassion, and anxiety among sexual minority men: a longitudinal mediation analysis.
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- "Unlocking Healthier Ways of Living and Being": Black Same Gender Loving Men's Insights Into Developing a Spirituality-Based Holistic Health Intervention.Qualitative health research · 2026Article
- Discrimination, relationship quality, and the mental health of sexual minority men in relationships: A test of the psychological mediation hypothesis.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2026Article
- Relationship Quality and Health Among Black Same-Sex Male Couples: Protocol for a Symbolic Netnography Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Stress Appraisal Mediates the Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Depression Among Black Same-Gender-Loving Men: An African-Centered Interpretation.American journal of men's healthArticle
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectiveResearch related to anxiety among sexual minority men (SMM) typically focuses on risk factors. It has seldom examined factors that may be associated with lower levels of anxiety. This gap in the literature represents an opportunity to explore positive psychological factors that may be related to lower levels of anxiety among this group. Spirituality and self-compassion are two positive psychological factors that have been associated with reduced anxiety in general samples but have been understudied among SMM. This study aimed to determine the longitudinal associations between spirituality, self-compassion, and anxiety. DESIGN AND
methodsGuided by an Afrocentric psychological framework, we conducted a secondary quantitative analysis with data from a racially and ethnically diverse sample of 697 U.S. SMM.
resultsUtilizing Hayes PROCESS Macro Model 4, we found that spirituality at baseline was positively associated with self-compassion at baseline, which in turn was inversely associated with anxiety at 12-month follow-up.
conclusionsOverall, our findings provide evidence that spirituality and self-compassion are two positive psychological factors that are inversely associated with anxiety among SMM.
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