Predicting Self-Esteem, Well-Being, and Distress in a Cohort of Gay Men: The Importance of Cultural Stigma, Personal Visibility, Community Networks, and Positive Identity

Journal of Personality

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 599-624

  Frable, Deborrah E S ^b   Wortman, Camille ^a   Joseph, Jill ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHICAGO; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031216320     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1997.tb00328.x     Document Type: Article

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