Internalized stigma, negative affect, and intimate partner violence perpetration among sexual minority couples.

ABSTRACT: Internalized stigma may increase the risk for intimate partner violence (IPV) among sexual minority couples. However, open questions remain about how identity-specific risk factors like internalized stigma connect with general IPV risk factors such as negative emotions during communication, which could become particularly heightened when partners discuss identity-based stigma. We examined how one's own and one's partner's internalized stigma and negative affect after lab-based stressor discussions were associated with physical, psychological, and identity-specific IPV perpetration. We conducted an online study with 84 sexual minority couples in which at least one partner had experienced past 6-month discrimination. Couples completed self-report measures and engaged in two, 8-min stressor d

SUBMITTER: Sullivan TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12922501 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature