TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychological Distress in Sexual Minorities
T2 - Examining the Roles of Self-Concealment and Psychological Inflexibility
AU - Leleux-Labarge, Kayla
AU - Hatton, Arthur T.
AU - Goodnight, Bradley L.
AU - Masuda, Akihiko
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/1/2
Y1 - 2015/1/2
N2 - The present cross-sectional study investigated whether self-concealment and psychological inflexibility were associated with a range of psychological distress in sexual minorities and whether the associations between self-concealment and distress were established, in part, though psychological inflexibility. Participants were 100 college students (nfemale = 74) who self-identified their sexual orientations as “homosexual” or “bisexual.” Both self-concealment and psychological inflexibility were significantly and positively associated with general psychological distress, somatization, depression, and anxiety. Furthermore, results revealed that self-concealment is associated with these four distress variables at least partly through psychological inflexibility.
AB - The present cross-sectional study investigated whether self-concealment and psychological inflexibility were associated with a range of psychological distress in sexual minorities and whether the associations between self-concealment and distress were established, in part, though psychological inflexibility. Participants were 100 college students (nfemale = 74) who self-identified their sexual orientations as “homosexual” or “bisexual.” Both self-concealment and psychological inflexibility were significantly and positively associated with general psychological distress, somatization, depression, and anxiety. Furthermore, results revealed that self-concealment is associated with these four distress variables at least partly through psychological inflexibility.
KW - bisexual
KW - distress
KW - emotion regulation
KW - experiential avoidance
KW - gay
KW - lesbian
KW - psychological inflexibility
KW - self-concealment
KW - sexual minority
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U2 - 10.1080/19359705.2014.944738
DO - 10.1080/19359705.2014.944738
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84922218321
SN - 1935-9705
VL - 19
SP - 40
EP - 54
JO - Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health
JF - Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health
IS - 1
ER -