Mental health correlates of perceived discrimination among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in the United States.

By Vickie M. Mays, Susan D. Cochran. American Journal of Public Health, 2001

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Social stigma and its consequences for the socially stigmatized. (2011, background): “This is true for sexual minorities with regard to mental health disorders, suicide, and subthreshold symptoms (e.g., Frost & Meyer, 2009; Frost, Parsons, & Nanı́n, 2007; Hatzenbuehler, 2009; Mays & Cochran, 2001; Meyer, Dietrich, et al., 2008; Meyer, Schwartz, et al., 2008).”
Prejudice, social stress, and mental health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations: conceptual issues and research evidence. (2003, background): “Gayaffirmative advocates have begun to advance a minority stress hypothesis, claiming that discriminatory social conditions lead to poor health outcomes (Dean et al., 2000; Krieger & Sidney, 1997; Mays & Cochran, 2001; Meyer, 2001; Rosario et al., 1996).”
Prevalence of mental disorders, psychological distress, and mental health services use among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in the United States. (2003, background): “The mechanisms by which this occurs may include experiences with discrimination (Kessler, Mickelson, et al., 1999; Mays & Cochran, 2001; Meyer, 1995) or perhaps other psychosocial factors, such as deficits in social support (Lackner et al., 1993) or HIV-related grief (Goodkin et al., 1999).”
Bias in the Workplace: Consistent Evidence of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination 1998–2008 (2007, background): “While the survey did not ask LGB respondents whether each type of employment discrimination was related to their sexual orientation, 43% of LGB respondents said that some discrimination they experienced was due to their sexual orientation (Mays and Cochran 2001).”
Hate Crimes and Stigma-Related Experiences Among Sexual Minority Adults in the United States (2009, background): “Most studies, however, have not assessed how experiences of victimization and harassment might explain this pattern (for an exception, see Mays & Cochran, 2001 ).”
Competing selves: Negotiating the intersection of spiritual and sexual identities. (2010, background): “This increased risk is often attributed to the stress stemming from social stigma and discrimination (Fife & Wright, 2000; Matthews et al., 2002; Mays & Cochran, 2001; Otis & Skinner, 1996) that are created in homophobic environments.”
Group-Level Coping as a Moderator Between Heterosexism and Sexism and Psychological Distress in Sexual Minority Women (2009, background): “Over time, these repeated discrimination experiences may lead to internalized negative beliefs and contribute to higher rates of mental health problems for some sexual minority individuals (Mays & Cochran, 2001; Meyer, 2003).”
Sexual violence, institutional betrayal, and psychological outcomes for LGB college students. (2016, background): “The chronic toll of minority stress has also been identified as part of the reason that LGB people tend to report more mental and physical health problems than heterosexual people (Mays & Cochran, 2001; Meyer et al., 2008).”
Prejudice and Discrimination as Social Stressors (2007, background): “Applied to lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals, a minority stress model posits that sexual prejudice is stressful and may lead to adverse mental health outcomes (Brooks, 1981; Meyer, 1995, 2003; Krieger & Sidney, 1997; DiPlacido, 1998; Cochran, 2001; Mays & Cochran, 2001 ).”