Self, Identity, Stress, and Mental Health

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A Minority Stress Perspective on Transgender Individuals’ Experiences With Misgendering (2016, background): “Moreover, to the extent that identity importance conceptually overlaps with prominence, being misgendered may exacerbate stress the more important gender identity is to an individual’s overall self-concept (Meyer, 2003a; Thoits, 2013).”
Understanding Concealable Stigmatized Identities: The Role of Identity in Psychological, Physical, and Behavioral Outcomes (2011, background): “Although several theoretical models indicate that identity centrality should either directly affect outcomes or moderate the effects of internalized or experienced stigma (e.g., Meyer, 1993, 2003; Thoits, 1999), very little work on CSIs measures magnitude components.”
Stressful Experiences of Masculinity Among U.S.-Born and Immigrant Asian American Men (2013, background): “Depending on how one’s prominence and success at performing role-identities coincide, one can experience stress in several ways (Thoits 1999).”