Informal Social Support and Depression Among African American Men Who Have Sex With Men
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11042112 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peng Yang (0000-0003-0144-2575, Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author), Cui Yang (0000-0003-3779-0424, Johns‐Hopkins School of Public Health), Carl Latkin (0000-0002-7931-2116, Johns‐Hopkins School of Public Health), Karin Tobin (0000-0003-1000-979X, Johns‐Hopkins School of Public Health), Jocelyn Patterson (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention), Pilgrim Spikes (0000-0001-9008-2967, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 435-445 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/jcop.21548 |
| PMID | 23935226 |
| PMCID | PMC3736997 |
| OpenAlex | W1920273037 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 32 |
Men who have sex with men (MSM) experience greater mental health problems as compared with heterosexual populations. Informal social support plays a critical role in emotional well‐being. The primary goal of this article is to examine the relationship between depressive symptoms and received social support from family, friends, and sex partners within the social network from a sample of 188 African American MSM in Baltimore, Maryland. We found that receiving emotional support from a family member or a sex partner was associated with reduced odds of having depressive symptoms. Receiving financial support from a family member or a friend was associated with increased odds of having depressive symptoms. The results suggest the importance of emotional support provided by family and sex partner in mental health and the potential value of training African American MSM in skills to enhance the quality of the relationships
Depression (economics) · Emotional support · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Logistic regression · Men who have sex with men · Mental health · Odds · Psychiatry · Sex partners · Social support · Clinical Psychology · Demography · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
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| Citations per year | 1.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |