A Both/And Approach to Conceptualizing Multiple Minority Stress in Sexual and Racial Minorities.

ABSTRACT: The present study used both additive and intersectionally-informed approaches to examine the associations of sexual and racial minority stress and problematic drinking, and intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration and victimization. The Minority Stress model (Brooks, 1981; Meyer, 2003) posits that minorities experience stressors related to their marginalized identities that lead to health disparities. Previous research has examined the association between minority stress and both alcohol use and IPV in sexual minorities; however, it has largely neglected to study the association of stressors related to the multiple stigmatized identities of people who identify as both a sexual and racial minority. Moreover, research that examines both sexual and racial minority stressors has tended to

SUBMITTER: Moino K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11790273 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature