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ArticleHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2025

Collective efficacy: A protective factor for sexual minority men during the U.S. mpox outbreak.

Demetria Cain, David Scales, Juan Castiblanco, Jack Gorman, Tyrel J Starks

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Article in Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Demetria CainDepartment of Psychology, Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY).ORCID 0000-0002-9360-9928
David ScalesDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine.ORCID 0000-0001-5727-7148
Juan CastiblancoDepartment of Psychology, Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY).
Jack GormanCritica.
Tyrel J StarksDepartment of Psychology, Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY).ORCID 0000-0003-0746-3844

Funding

Intervention to reduce drug use and HIV incidence among high PrEP priority partnered YMSMR01DA045613 · NIDA · HUNTER COLLEGE · PI STARKS, TYREL J · 2017 to 2021
$4.9M
Expanding the potential of couples HIV testing: Adjunct modules to reduce drug use among vulnerable male couplesR01DA050508 · NIDA · HUNTER COLLEGE · PI STARKS, TYREL J · 2020 to 2024
$4.5M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA045613NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA050508Weill Cornell Medicine
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Abstract

objectivesCollective efficacy is an understudied potential protective factor for health behavior change. This study extends previous research on HIV and COVID-19 infection to test associations with mpox vaccination and symptoms of depression and anxiety among sexual minority men during the mpox outbreak.

methodBetween July 28, 2022 and September 22, 2022, adult cisgender sexual minority men (n = 2,614) were recruited from social networking applications and completed a cross-sectional online survey that assessed collective efficacy (united action), mpox vaccination, and symptoms of anxiety and depression.

resultsIn multivariable regression models, united action was positively associated with having received at least one dose of the mpox vaccine (OR = 1.025, p = .04) and negatively associated with anxiety (β = -.055, p < .004) and depression (β = -.037, p = .05) above and beyond disease-related cognition and behavioral risk factors (sex with casual partners and substance use).

conclusionThese findings suggest that perceptions of community agency to overcome health threats may be associated with individual health benefits. Clinically, these results suggest interventions that activate or develop community-level capacity to cope or respond to disease outbreaks may be useful public health strategies to mitigate infection risk as well as some mental health challenges among members of communities at high risk of infection. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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AnxietyCOVID-19DepressionSexual and Gender MinoritiesVaccinationAdultCollective EfficacyCross-Sectional StudiesDisease OutbreaksHumansMaleMiddle AgedMpox, MonkeypoxProtective FactorsUnited StatesYoung Adult

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PMCPMC12036798

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