Pressure From Within: Gay-Community Stress and Body Dissatisfaction Among Sexual-Minority Men.

ABSTRACT: Although intraminority gay community stress has been theorized to affect sexual minority men's body dissatisfaction, this association has not been evaluated quantitatively. In two samples of sexual minority men-one sample recruited from a population-based study of U.S. adults (n=424; M_age =54.29), the other a sample meeting diagnostic criteria for depressive, anxiety, or trauma-/stressor-related disorders (n=251; M _age =26.52)-this study investigated associations between gay community stress and body dissatisfaction. In both samples, gay community stress was significantly associated with sexual minority men's greater body dissatisfaction in models that controlled for demographic and minority stress variables. In terms of specific dom

SUBMITTER: Soulliard ZA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11544687 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature