2023
Age-Varying Sexual Orientation Disparities in Mental Health, Treatment Utilization, and Social Stress: A Population-Based Study
Bränström R, Fellman D, Pachankis J. Age-Varying Sexual Orientation Disparities in Mental Health, Treatment Utilization, and Social Stress: A Population-Based Study. Psychology Of Sexual Orientation And Gender Diversity 2023, 10: 686-698. DOI: 10.1037/sgd0000572.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNational health care registriesHealth care registriesSexual orientation disparitiesCare registriesRisk of exposureMental healthHigh-risk alcohol useOrientation disparitiesHealth Survey 2018Population-based surveySymptoms of depressionMental health problemsSocial stressSocial stressorsSexual minority individualsHeterosexual individualsTreatment utilizationElevated riskAge 70Age patterningHealth problemsAge groupsMinority individualsAlcohol useDepression
2021
Early Timing and Determinants of the Sexual Orientation Disparity in Internalizing Psychopathology: A Prospective Cohort Study from Ages 3 to 15
Pachankis JE, Clark KA, Klein DN, Dougherty LR. Early Timing and Determinants of the Sexual Orientation Disparity in Internalizing Psychopathology: A Prospective Cohort Study from Ages 3 to 15. Journal Of Youth And Adolescence 2021, 51: 458-470. PMID: 34731394, PMCID: PMC9307058, DOI: 10.1007/s10964-021-01532-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProspective cohort studySexual orientation disparitiesCohort studyAnxiety symptomsDepression symptomsOrientation disparitiesHigher depression symptomsEarly determinantsSymptomsSupportive interventionsAppropriate interventionsOptimal timingAge 15Poor parental relationshipsAge 12Mother-child relationshipAge 3Social stressDepressionInterventionAgeInternalizing psychopathologyDisparitiesPeer victimizationEarly development
2020
Risk From Within: Intraminority Gay Community Stress and Sexual Risk-Taking Among Sexual Minority Men
Burton CL, Clark KA, Pachankis JE. Risk From Within: Intraminority Gay Community Stress and Sexual Risk-Taking Among Sexual Minority Men. Annals Of Behavioral Medicine 2020, 54: 703-712. PMID: 32206770, PMCID: PMC7459184, DOI: 10.1093/abm/kaaa014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV risk behaviorsHuman immunodeficiency virusSexual minority menCondom useRisk behaviorsMinority menSelf-reported exposureMen's risk behaviorsHIV infectionImmunodeficiency virusClear predictorsGeneral life stressCommunity stressLife stressRecent evidenceMenNational surveyLarge national surveyInfectionRiskSocial stressGay communityOverlooked predictorPredictorsParticipants