 Minority stress and health: A grounded theory exploration among men who have sex with men in China and implications for health research and interventionsShufang Sun, Stephanie Budge, Wenxuan Shen, Ge Xu, Muqing Liu and Siqi Feng Social Science & Medicine, 2020, vol. 252, issue C Abstract: Men who have sex with men (MSM) in China are disproportionately affected by HIV and mental health issues. Although predominately western-based research suggests a minority stress perspective to explain health disparities, how Chinese MSM experience stress related to being a sexual minority and how such experiences affect their health have not been carefully examined. Objective: This study was a qualitative investigation of how stress related to sexuality (e.g., stigma, discrimination, and oppression) are experienced among MSM in China and how these experiences affect their psychological and behavioral health. Keywords: Men who have sex with men; Sexual minority men; China; Mental; Health; Behavioral health; Minority stress; Stigma; HIV (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:socmed:v:252:y:2020:i:c:s0277953620301362 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112917 Access Statistics for this article Social Science & Medicine is currently edited by Ichiro (I.) Kawachi and S.V. (S.V.) Subramanian More articles in Social Science & Medicine from Elsevier |
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