Ethnic-racial differences in psychological stress related to gay lifestyle among HIV-positive men.
To examine whether there were any ethnic-racial differences among 144 HIV-infected gay men (47 Caucasian, 48 African-American, and 49 Puerto Rican) on psychological stressors related to the gay lifestyle, responses to the Gay Lifestyle Hassles scale were analyzed. The African-American and Puerto Rican men reported significantly higher scores on frequency of Gay lifestyle Hassles and cumulated severity of Gay Lifestyle Hassles over-all than Caucasian men. The results suggest that HIV-infected ethnic-minority gay men were more prone to psychological stress related to the gay lifestyle than HIV-infected Caucasian gay men, which may have negative consequences for their mental and physical health.
Siegel
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
Epstein
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005006:Ethnicity; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D044469:Racial Groups; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*