The minority stress model has been influential in guiding research on sexual and gender
minority health and well-being in psychology and related social and health sciences …

Classic theories of stress and health are largely based on assumptions regarding how
different psychosocial stressors influence biological processes that, in turn, affect human …

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals experience significantly higher levels of
depression, anxiety, and behavioral comorbidities (ie, substance use, suicide) compared to …

There is a long history of research among adolescents who are minoritized and
marginalized for their sexual orientation and gender identity/expression (SOGIE). However …

Background There is growing acknowledgement of the psycho-social vulnerability of
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or intersex (LGBTQI) people with cancer. The …

Objective LGBTQ-affirmative cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) addresses the adverse
impacts of minority stress. However, this treatment has rarely been tested in randomized …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is more prevalent among sexual minority women
(SMW) than among heterosexual women. PTSD risk varies among SMW, but no meta …

The association between stigma and adverse interpersonal outcomes is well established.
However, the mechanisms underlying this association have yet to be comprehensively …

Introduction Sexual and gender minority (SGM) adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are
identity-based forms of early life adversity. Exposure to SGM ACEs is associated with …

Hypervigilance is often theoretically invoked as a psychological mechanism linking stigma to
internalizing psychopathology among sexual minorities. Empirically, however …