Predicting salivary cortisol and sexual behavior stigma among MSM in the American Men's Internet Survey 2019.

ABSTRACT: Physiological stress levels in response to sexual behavior stigma among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States (US) are understudied. The current study aims to explore the relationship between sexual behavior stigma and salivary cortisol both overall and stratified by race/ethnicity. If such an association exists, it may suggest that sexual behavior stigma can be physiologically measured or indicated by the presence of heightened salivary cortisol. A subsample of 667 MSM participants from the 2019 American Men's Internet Survey (AMIS; N = 10,129) submitted morning (AM) and evening (PM) saliva cortisol samples using at-home mail-in collection kits. Average daily cortisol and daily cortisol change were calculated; simple linear regressions estimated associations between cortiso

SUBMITTER: Dibble KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10593931 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature