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Behavior
Study results from DePaul University broaden understanding of behavior
June 7th, 2008
"Following the minority stress model as a framework, we examine the associations between racial and homosexual stigma, substance use, and sexual risk behavior among a respondent-driven sample of Latino gay and bisexual men and male-to-female transgender persons (GB T) in Chicago and San Francisco (N = 643)," scientists writing in the Journal of Drug Issues report. "We use structural equations to test such a model and disentangle the possible effects of the different stigmas and their corresponding dimensions (i.e., perception, experience, internalization). Findings revealed distinct pathways to sexual risk," wrote D. Bruce and colleagues, DePaul...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-06-07)
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