Anxiety and Related Disorders and Concealment in Sexual Minority Young Adults

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 91-101

  Cohen, Jeffrey M ^a   Blasey, Christine ^a   Barr Taylor, C ^b   Weiss, Brandon J ^b   Newman, Michelle G ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Concealment; Depression; Lesbian gay bisexual; Sexual minorities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL FEMALE; BISEXUAL MALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL MINORITY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION CONCEALMENT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HETEROSEXUALITY; MINORITY GROUP; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PEER GROUP; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946945271     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2015.09.006     Document Type: Article

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