Dimensions of sexuality and social anxiety in emerging adulthood

Akibar, Alvin; Niemann, Yolanda Flores; Blumenthal, Heidemarie; Vosvick, Mark A.

doi:10.1080/19359705.2019.1568945

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“…Participant data was taken from an existing dataset that focused on sexual identity and social anxiety within college students (Akibar, Niemann, Blumenthal, & Vosvick, 2019). Institutional Review Board approval was acquired prior to recruiting participants and data collection.…”

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Ethnic Identity and Educational Outcomes in African American College Students

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Akibar²,

Nieman

2021

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Ethnic Identity and Educational Outcomes in African American College Students

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Nieman

2021

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“…One of the consequences of minority stress is experiencing persistent social anxiety (Burns et al, 2012), which is defined as anxiety resulting from the prospect or presence of interpersonal evaluation (Schlenker & Leary, 1982). Decades of research has demonstrated that young sexual minority men are at higher risk of social anxiety symptoms than their heterosexual counterparts (Akibar et al, 2019; Pachankis & Goldfried, 2006). Contemporary theorizing on minority stress and social anxiety often highlights how present-day stressors contribute to poor mental health.…”

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Early relational exclusion and present-day minority stress, social anxiety, and coping responses among sexual minority men

Otmar,

Merolla

2023

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Drawing from minority stress theory, research on ostracism, and the communication of exclusion, this study had two goals. First, we aimed to test how perceptions of early relational exclusion relate to current-day minority stress, coping strategies, and social anxiety among young sexual minority men. Second, we aimed to test the reciprocal within-person associations between present-day minority stress, coping strategies, and social anxiety over a three-month period. Based on a three-wave longitudinal dataset of sexual minority men ( N = 254), we tested the hypotheses using a random-intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM). RI-CLPMs partition variance at the between-person (i.e., mean level differences across participants) and within-person (i.e., intra-individual change from typical levels over time) levels, while also allowing for associations between current and past experiences through the inclusion of a person-level (time-invariant) predictor. Findings indicated that perception of early relational exclusion (at the between-person level) is positively associated with present-day reports of minority stress, maladaptive coping, and social anxiety. Further, in addition to between-person associations among minority stress, maladaptive coping, and social anxiety, model results indicated a within-person longitudinal association between maladaptive coping and social anxiety. As discussed, this study advances theory on minority stress from a relational communication lens, and has implications for practitioners working with sexual minority youth.

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