General and minority stress in an LGB population in flanders

Journal of LGBT Health Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 181-194

  Cox, Nele ^a   Berghe, Wim Vanden ^a   Dewaele, Alexis ^b   Vinke, John ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Policy Research Centre on Equal Opportunities   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mental health; Minority stress; Sexual identity; Social stress model

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MINORITY; SOCIAL STRESS;

ADULT; BELGIUM; BISEXUALITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 71049167250     PISSN: 15574091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15574090802657168     Document Type: Article

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