Identity concealment affects all sexual minority individuals, with potentially complex mental
health implications. Concealing a sexual minority identity can simultaneously generate the …

Objectives In order to provide a broad overview of the body of peer-reviewed literature on
self-compassion and close relationships, this scoping review describes how self …

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations report numerous mental health disparities
relative to heterosexual and cisgender populations, due in part to the effects of minority …

Purpose: Literature shows that sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals are at higher
risk of developing minority stress-related mental health problems. Recently, it has been …

Rationale Lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) people experience poorer life outcomes than
heterosexual people, with ongoing debates about the aetiology of these differences. Minority …

The objective of this study was to investigate YouTube as a venue for social connection
among LGBTQ individuals (N= 428). Exposure to LGBTQ YouTubers positively contributed …

Sexual and gender minorities experience disparities in mental and physical health often
attributed to structural discrimination through policies that do not promote equal rights and …

Objectives The present study aimed to test the associations of stigma stress with negative
cognitive outcomes (ie, self-stigma content and process), affective outcomes (ie, depressive …

This study puts forth a critical deconstructed quantitative analysis process that systematically
interrogated elements of a quantitative study (research questions/hypotheses, sample …

Purpose Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals, and LB women specifically, have an
increased risk for psychiatric morbidity, theorized to result from stigma-based discrimination …