Minority Stress and Attributions for Discriminatory Events Predict Social Anxiety in Gay Men
Minority Stress and Attributions for Discriminatory Events Predict Social Anxiety in Gay Men
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DOI：
10.1007/s10608-010-9302-6
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发表时间：
2012-02-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Beach, Steven R. H.
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作者：
Burns, Michelle Nicole;Kamen, Charles;Beach, Steven R. H.
这项研究表明，归因风格可以识别面临不利心理健康相关歧视风险的男同性恋者，以及那些面对频繁的歧视事件具有弹性的男同性恋者。确定为同性恋的男性(N=307)完成了关于社交焦虑、歧视事件的感知频率、歧视事件的归因以及关键的少数群体压力结构的在线自我报告：内化的同性恋负性和同性恋身份的发展。构建了一种新的测量方法来评估与歧视有关的不同类型的归因，因素分析产生了良好的心理测量学特性。全球归因和被归因于歧视的重要性与社交焦虑的增加有关，超过了与男同性恋者心理健康有关的其他少数群体压力结构。归因风格也起到了调节作用，因为感知到的歧视只与将高度全球性/重要性归因于歧视性事件的男同性恋者的社交焦虑增加有关。在歧视的背景下，归属可以作为风险或保护因素。
This study revealed that attributional style can identify gay men at risk for adverse mental health correlates of discrimination, as well as those resilient in the face of frequent discriminatory events. Men identifying as gay (N = 307) completed online self-reports of social anxiety, perceived frequency of discriminatory events, attributions for discriminatory events, and key minority stress constructs: internalized homonegativity and gay identity development. A new measure was constructed to assess different types of attributions regarding discrimination, with factor analyses yielding promising psychometric properties. Global attributions and the importance ascribed to discrimination were associated with increased social anxiety, above and beyond other minority stress constructs related to mental health in gay men. Attribution style also served as a moderator, as perceived discrimination was only associated with increased social anxiety in gay men who attributed high globality/importance to discriminatory events. Attributions may serve as risk or protective factors in the context of discrimination.