Identity Formation, Outness, and Sexual Risk Among Gay and Bisexual Men

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 98-109

  White, Darcy ^a   Stephenson, Rob ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; homosexual identity; internalized homonegativity; minority stress; outness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOMOSEXUAL IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNALIZED HOMONEGATIVITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTNESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

HIV; HOMOSEXUAL IDENTITY; INTERNALIZED HOMONEGATIVITY; MINORITY STRESS; OUTNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BISEXUALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; GEORGIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893383651     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988313489133     Document Type: Article

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