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31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Individual-Level Perceptions of Structural Stigma Mediate the Relationship between State-Level Structural Stigma and Motivation to Conceal Sexual Orientation

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Cross-Cutting Theme Poster - Psychological Science and Policy

  • Micah Lattanner
    Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
  • Jessie Ford
    Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
  • Na Bo
    Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Wanzhu Tu
    Indiana University School of Medicine
  • John Pachankis
    Yale University School of Public Health
  • Brian Dodge
    Indiana University School of Public Health
  • Mark Hatzenbuehler
    Harvard University

Abstract

We evaluate whether gay men report more concealment motivation if they live in states with higher structural stigma. Gay men living in states with higher structural stigma reported a greater motivation to conceal their sexual orientation. This association was mediated by a novel psychological mechanism – perceived structural stigma.

Prejudice

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