Hypervigilance: An Understudied Mediator of the Longitudinal Relationship Between Stigma and Internalizing Psychopathology Among Sexual-Minority Young Adults

• Published in: Clinical psychological science Vol. 11; no. 5; pp. 954 - 973
• Main Authors: Hollinsaid, Nathan L., Pachankis, John E., Bränström, Richard, Hatzenbuehler, Mark L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.09.2023
• Subjects: Medicin och hälsovetenskap; sexual-orientation-related rejection sensitivity and rumination; LGBTQ+ young adults; interpersonal stigma; internalizing psychopathology; hypervigilance

Hypervigilance is often theoretically invoked as a psychological mechanism linking stigma to internalizing psychopathology among sexual minorities. Empirically, however, hypervigilance is rarely explicitly assessed but is instead commonly conflated with putatively related constructs, including sexua...