Adapting the minority stress model: Associations between gender non-conformity stigma, HIV-related stigma and depression among men who have sex with men in South India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1261-1268

  Logie, Carmen H ^a,b   Newman, Peter A ^b   Chakrapani, Venkatesan ^c,d   Shunmugam, Murali ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Indian Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS   (India)

^d Centre for Sexuality and Health Research and Policy (C SHaRP)   (India)

Author keywords

Coping; Depression; Gender non conformity; HIV; India; Men who have sex with men; Social support; Stigma

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MARGINALIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SEXISM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

INDIA;

EID: 84858615900     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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