Effects of minority stress, group-level coping, and social support on mental health of German gay men

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Sattler, Frank A ^a   Wagner, Ulrich ^a   Christiansen, Hanna ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; GERMAN (CITIZEN); HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL STRESS; MINORITY GROUP; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL REJECTION; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VICTIM; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; GERMANY; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961794718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150562     Document Type: Article

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