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| Title |
Internalized homophobia, mental health, sexual behaviors, and outness of gay/bisexual men from Southwest China
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| Published in |
International Journal for Equity in Health, February 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12939-017-0530-1 |
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| Authors |
Wenjian Xu, Lijun Zheng, Yin Xu, Yong Zheng |
| Abstract |
Social attitudes toward male homosexuality in China so far are still not optimistic. Sexual minorities in China have reported high levels of internalized homophobia. This Internet-based study examined the associations among internalized homophobia, mental health, sexual behaviors, and outness among 435 gay/bisexual men in Southwest China from 2014 to 2015. Latent profile analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, univariate logistic regression, and separate multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted. This descriptive study found the Internalized Homophobia Scale to be suitable for use in China. The sample demonstrated a high prevalence of internalized homophobia. Latent profile analysis suggested a 2-class solution as optimal, and a high level of internalized homophobia was significantly associated with greater psychological distress (Wald = 6.49, AOR = 1.66), transactional sex during the previous 6 months (Wald = 5.23, AOR = 2.77), more sexual compulsions (Wald = 14.05, AOR = 2.12), and the concealment of sexual identity from others (Wald = 30.70, AOR = 0.30) and parents (Wald = 6.72, AOR = 0.49). These findings contribute to our understanding of internalized homophobia in China, and highlight the need to decrease gay-related psychological stress/distress and improve public health services. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 5 | 45% |
| Canada | 1 | 9% |
| El Salvador | 1 | 9% |
| Denmark | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 3 | 27% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 91% |
| Scientists | 1 | 9% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 159 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 23 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 13% |
| Researcher | 14 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 19 | 12% |
| Unknown | 53 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 37 | 23% |
| Social Sciences | 22 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 19 | 12% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 8% |
| Linguistics | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 8 | 5% |
| Unknown | 59 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 30. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 December 2023.
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