Minority stress and sexual problems among African-American gay and bisexual men

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 569-578

  Zamboni, Brian D ^a   Crawford, Isiaah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Black; Discrimination; Gay; Minority; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RACISM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BISEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIRGINIA;

EID: 34547112256     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9081-z     Document Type: Article

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