Minority stress, positive identity development, and depressive symptoms: Implications for resilience among sexual minority male youth.

• DOI: 10.1037/sgd0000128
• Publication Date: 2015-08-31T15:43:06Z
• Authors: Douglas Bruce; Gary W. Harper; Jose A. Bauermeister
• Keywords: Minority Stress; Sexual identity

Minority stress processes have been shown to significant associations with negative mental health outcomes among sexual minority populations. Given that adversity may be experienced growing up as a in heteronormative, if not heterosexist, environments, our research on resilience male youth proposes positive identity development buffer the effects of range processes.