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Family Support and Sociocultural Factors on Depression among Black and Latinx Sexual Minority Men

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  • Donte T. Boyd

    (College of Social Work, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
    Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, New Haven, CT 06510, USA)

  • S. Raquel Ramos

    (Department, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY 10010, USA)

  • Camille R. Quinn

    (College of Social Work, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA)

  • Kristian V. Jones

    (School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA)

  • Leo Wilton

    (Department of Human Development, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA
    Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa)

  • LaRon E. Nelson

    (Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
    School of Nursing, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06477, USA
    St. Michael’s Hospital, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada)

Abstract

Family-based approaches are critical for improving health outcomes in sexual minority men (SMM) of color. Yet, it is unclear how family context, internalized homophobia, and stress influence mental health outcomes among sexual minority men of color. From a cross-sectional sample of 448 participants, aged 16–24 years, survey data were analyzed to examine rates of family social support, the perception of sexuality by family, the stressfulness of life events, internalized homophobia, and other contextual variables on depression using linear regression. Our results indicated that an 86% increase in family social support was related to a −0.14 decrease in depression (ß = −0.14, p = 0.004). In addition, SMM who were separated by family and friends because of their sexuality were statistically significant and positively associated with depression (ß = 0.09, p < 0.001). Findings from our study suggest that the influence from the microsystem is salient in modifying mental health outcomes for SMM of color.

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  • Donte T. Boyd & S. Raquel Ramos & Camille R. Quinn & Kristian V. Jones & Leo Wilton & LaRon E. Nelson, 2021. "Family Support and Sociocultural Factors on Depression among Black and Latinx Sexual Minority Men," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(13), pages 1-10, June.
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    1. Moctezuma García & S. Raquel Ramos & Lisa Aponte-Soto & Tiarney D. Ritchwood & Laurie A. Drabble, 2022. "“Family before Anyone Else”: A Qualitative Study on Family, Marginalization, and HIV among Hispanic or Latino/a/x Mexican Sexual Minority Males," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(15), pages 1-15, July.
    2. Donte Travon Boyd & Gamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are & Ashleigh LoVette & Darren L. Whitfield & Rodman E. Turpin & S. Raquel Ramos & Camille R. Quinn & DeMarc A. Hickson, 2022. "Assessing the Influence of Child Sexual Behavior on Depression among Black SMM in the Southeastern United States," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(21), pages 1-13, October.

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