Coming out under fire: The role of minority stress and emotion regulation in sexual orientation disclosure

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 5; p. e0267810
• Main Authors: Seager van Dyk, Ilana, Aldao, Amelia, Pachankis, John E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 02.05.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Behavioral sciences; Biology and Life Sciences; Coping; Data integrity; Design of experiments; Disclosure; Emotional Regulation; Emotions; Experimental design; Female; Gays & lesbians; Health promotion; Humans; Male; Marginalized groups; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mental health; Minority & ethnic groups; Minority Groups - psychology; Orientation effects; People and Places; Physical Sciences; Psychological aspects; Public health; Sexual and Gender Minorities; Sexual behavior; Sexual Behavior - psychology; Sexual minorities; Sexual orientation; Social aspects; Social research; Social Sciences; Stress; Victimization; Well being; United States; New York; Ohio; United States > US; Connecticut

Minority stress is hypothesized to interfere with sexual orientation disclosure and sexual minority wellbeing. In this study, we investigated whether minority stress is causally linked to reduced disclosure in sexual minorities, and whether emotion regulation, a potentially adaptive form of stigma c...