Minority stress, distress, and suicide attempts in three cohorts of sexual minority adults: A U.S. probability sample.

ABSTRACT: During the past 50 years, there have been marked improvement in the social and legal environment of sexual minorities in the United States. Minority stress theory predicts that health of sexual minorities is predicated on the social environment. As the social environment improves, exposure to stress would decline and health outcomes would improve. We assessed how stress, identity, connectedness with the LGBT community, and psychological distress and suicide behavior varied across three distinct cohorts of sexual minority people in the United States. Using a national probability sample recruited in 2016 and 2017, we assessed three a priori defined cohorts of sexual minorities we labeled the pride (born 1956-1963), visibility (born 1974-1981), and equality (born 1990-1997) cohorts. We found

SUBMITTER: Meyer IH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7928455 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature