Rupture, resilience, and risk: Relationships between mental health and migration among gay-identified men in North America
Rupture, resilience, and risk: Relationships between mental health and migration among gay-identified men in North America
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10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.03.002
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2014-05-01
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4.8
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Lewis, Nathaniel M.
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作者：
Lewis, Nathaniel M.
心理学、精神病学和流行病学方面的一个成熟的研究机构将社会耻辱和压力与同性恋男子的不良心理和性健康结果联系起来。较少的工作考虑这些联系是如何介导的地方，几乎没有考虑跨地点移动的作用。这项定性研究基于48名居住在渥太华、安大略、加拿大和华盛顿，华盛顿特区的同性恋男性的移民叙述，美国更仔细地考虑了心理和情绪健康问题（例如，焦虑、抑郁、药物使用）既促成了移徙，也源于移徙。这些叙述表明，移徙的决定往往是由于男子经历了基于地点的少数群体压力和相关的健康结果。与此同时，搬到城市同性恋社区，再加上其他生活环境，可能会造成或加强身体和情感上的不安全感，导致自尊心低下，使用药物和性冒险。(C)2014爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有
An established body of research in psychology, psychiatry and epidemiology links social stigma and stress with poor mental and sexual health outcomes among gay-identified men. Less work considers how these linkages are mediated by place and almost none considers the role of movement across places. This qualitative study, based on the migration narratives of 48 gay-identified men living in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and Washington, D.C., U.S.A. gives more careful consideration to the ways in which mental and emotional health issues (e.g., anxiety, depression, substance use) in this population both precipitate migration and stem from migration. The narratives show that decisions to migrate often emerge from men's experiences of place-based minority stress and associated health outcomes. At the same time, moving to urban gay communities, when coupled with other life circumstances, can create or reinforce physical and emotional insecurities that lead to low self-esteem, substance use and sexual risk-taking. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved