Minority Stress in the Lives of Men Who Have Sex With Men in Cape Town, South Africa

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 847-867

  McAdams Mahmoud, Ayesha ^a   Stephenson, Rob ^a   Rentsch, Christopher ^a   Cooper, Hannah ^a   Arriola, Kimberly Jacob ^a   Jobson, Geoffrey ^b   de Swardt, Glenn ^b   Struthers, Helen ^b   McIntyre, James ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

homophobia; minority stress; MSM; qualitative; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETIOLOGY; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898977352     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2014.870454     Document Type: Article

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