Family Support and Sociocultural Factors on Depression among Black and Latinx Sexual Minority Men

Donte T. Boyd, S. Raquel Ramos, Camille R. Quinn, Kristian V. Jones, Leo Wilton and LaRon E. Nelson
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Donte T. Boyd: College of Social Work, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
S. Raquel Ramos: Department, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY 10010, USA
Camille R. Quinn: College of Social Work, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Kristian V. Jones: School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Leo Wilton: Department of Human Development, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA
LaRon E. Nelson: Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, New Haven, CT 06510, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 13, 1-10

Abstract: Family-based approaches are critical for improving health outcomes in sexual minority men (SMM) of color. Yet, it is unclear how family context, internalized homophobia, and stress influence mental health outcomes among sexual minority men of color. From a cross-sectional sample of 448 participants, aged 16–24 years, survey data were analyzed to examine rates of family social support, the perception of sexuality by family, the stressfulness of life events, internalized homophobia, and other contextual variables on depression using linear regression. Our results indicated that an 86% increase in family social support was related to a ?0.14 decrease in depression (ß = ?0.14, p = 0.004). In addition, SMM who were separated by family and friends because of their sexuality were statistically significant and positively associated with depression (ß = 0.09, p < 0.001). Findings from our study suggest that the influence from the microsystem is salient in modifying mental health outcomes for SMM of color.

Keywords: families; depression; sexual minority men; stressful life events; internalized homophobia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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