Citation

van Beusekom G, Bos HMW, Kuyper L, Overbeek G, Sandfort TG. J. Health Psychol. 2018; 23(9): 1211-1222.

Affiliation

Columbia University, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1359105316643378

PMID

27114216

Abstract

We assessed among a sample of 724 Dutch lesbian, gay, and bisexual-identified adults (Mage = 31.42) whether experiences with homophobic stigmatization and internalized homophobia simultaneously mediated the relation of gender nonconformity with mental health.

RESULTS indicated that homophobic stigmatization and internalized homophobia partially mediated the relation between gender nonconformity and mental health. Gender nonconformity was related to more mental health problems via increased experiences with homophobic stigmatization and to less mental health problems because of reduced levels of internalized homophobia. However, the mediated relation of gender nonconformity with mental health via homophobic stigmatization was only significant for men.

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Language: en