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ArticleYouth & society2025

Mediation Analysis of Internalized Homophobia, Self-esteem and Mental Health in Adolescent Sexual Minority Men: A Repeated Measures Study.

Hyunmin Yu, Jennifer T Tran, Stephen Bonett, James R Wolfe, Keith J Horvath, Amanda D Castel, Lisa B Hightow-Weidman, Patrick Sullivan, José A Bauermeister

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Hyunmin YuUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6770-0808
Jennifer T TranUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3007-2553
Stephen BonettUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7608-3741
James R WolfeUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4295-5991
Keith J HorvathSan Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
Amanda D CastelGeorge Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Lisa B Hightow-WeidmanFlorida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Patrick SullivanEmory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
José A BauermeisterUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9276-2306

Funding

Virus & Reservoirs CoreP30AI045008 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Ronald G Collman · 1999 to 2026
$78.6M
Virology and Molecular Biomarkers CoreP30AI050409 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Hannah LF Cooper · 2002 to 2026
$74.0M
Reducing HIV vulnerability through a multilevel life skills intervention for adolescent menU01MD011274 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BAUERMEISTER, JOSE ARTURO, STEPHENSON, ROB B. · 2016 to 2020
$9.1M
NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI045008NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI050409NIMHD NIH HHS U01 MD011274
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Internalized homophobia (IH) negatively impacts the mental health of adolescent sexual minority men (ASMM), while self-esteem is posited to bolster their mental health. In a repeated-measures study with 599 ASMM (Mean age = 16.2 [

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child and adolescent healthinternalized homophobiaLGBTQ+ healthmental healthself-esteem

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PMID40881138
PMCPMC12383279

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